%U and %u functionality change in 2.2??

Matthew Keller kellermg at potsdam.edu
Wed Apr 25 18:40:12 GMT 2001


Jeremy,

As always, thanks for your help in the expedient resolution of any given
problem!

On 25 Apr 2001 12:27:54 -0400, Jeremy Allison wrote:
> Matthew Keller wrote:
> > 
> > I've been using %U macros within "include" statements in Samba 2.0 for
> > years now. 2.2 doesn't seem to like them anyore. Has this functionality
> > changed? I checked the smb.conf man page, but it doesn't seem to say
> > anything different. I'm really hurting without this functionality
> > (including different conf files depending on user name). Any help would
> > be most appreciated.
> 
> Yes, we broke this by accident in 2.2.0. The intent is to
> fix this for 2.2.1 and make %U map to the incoming username
> (enforced lowercase).
> 
> Here is the patch that will be in 2.2.1.
> 
> Sorry for the problem,


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Matthew Keller
Enterprise System Analyst
Computing & Technology Services
Information Services Division
State University of NY at Potsdam
Potsdam, NY USA

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