[Samba] separate config for dedicate user

[Rowland Penny]

On 17/04/15 09:34, Meike Stone wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I run samba 3.6 and I need to track problems for dedicated users.
> So I thought, I load at the end via include special configurations for
> the user separately.
>
> My question is, how does the smbd configure itself. Does smbd
> 1) reads the config completely and then it set the parameters in the process or
> 2) does smbd reads and set each parameter instantly?
>
> So can I use the following example?
>
> Example:
> /etc/samba/smb.conf
> =======================================================
> [global]
> .
> .
>
>          vfs objects = extd_audit
>          debug uid = yes
>          debug pid = yes
>          debug class = yes
>          log level = 0 vfs:2
>          syslog = 0
>          max log size = 1024
>          log file = /var/log/smbduserlogs/%U.log
>          include = /etc/samba/debug/smb.conf.%U
>
>
> [share1]
>          path = /data/users/%U
>          writeable = yes
>          browseable = no
> .
> .
>
> [share2]
> .
> .
>
>
> [share-n]
> .
> .
>
>
> include = /etc/samba/debug/smb.conf.priv.%U
> =======================================================
>
>
>
> Example config for a dedicated user
> /etc/samba/debug/smb.conf.priv.smith
> =======================================================
> [global]
>
> vfs objects = extd_audit full_audit
> log level = 6 auth:10 passdb:10 vfs:3
> max log size = 102400
>
> [share1]
>          path = /data/users/%U
>          writeable = yes
>          browseable = no
>          .
>          .
>          full_audit:prefix = %u|%I|%m|%s
>          full_audit:success = open read pwrite unlink mkdir rmdir rename
>          full_audit:success = all
>          full_audit:failure = all
>          full_audit:facility = LOCAL7
>          full_audit:priority = ALERT
> =======================================================
>
>
> Thanks for help!!
>
> Meike

Hi, have you considered the 'config file' option ?
With this, you can created different smb.conf files and start the main 
smb.conf with:

[global]
           config file = /etc/samba/debug/smb.conf.priv.%U
            ..........

If the file exists it will be used when the user connects, otherwise it 
will be ignored and the rest of the smb.conf used.

Rowland