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[Florian G. Pflug]

> I would like to request you Samba gurus , what is the significance of teh
> file " username-map " which currently is in
> /usr/local/samba/lib. I have tried the following entries:
> 
> jhall = hall_j
> kamal = kamal
> root = root
> 
> but i dont know what it does , now the question : Can i manage users with
> this file , i.e I just add entries to this file on the fly and the users
> will have access to the shares, and can i define shares here.
Well - as the name sayes - you can MAP usernames.
If for example you have
myunixuser = mysambauser in the username map file
you can connect as mysambauser to the server from windows, but you are
logged in as myunixuser

mfg, Florian