%U and %u functionality change in 2.2??

[Gerald Carter]

On 25 Apr 2001, Matthew Keller wrote:

> On 25 Apr 2001 09:16:07 -0700, Gerald Carter wrote:
> > Is it not being expanded?
>
>     It seems to be interpretted literally within the include line.
>     Within the "path" line, %U is returning the username in all caps,
>     and %u is returning the username in lowercase (or, perhaps
>     "properly").

%U should be what the client sent in the SMBsessetup&X.  WIn9x sends this
in all caps.  The %u is what the client actually got.  Normally this is
the same name in lower case determined by Get_Pwnam()


> > Can you give me the details surrounding the
> > problem and send me a level 10 debug log when it fails?
>
>     Attached (.gz'd cuz of the size).
>
>     Relevant examples are as below. In 2.0, both of these worked as
>     expected with %U - I had to change the path line to %u because it was
>     looking for the file with all caps (eg.
>     "/home/remote/www/users/TESTUSER" instead of "/testuser"). The
>     include line bombs regardless.
>
> [WebFolder]
>         writable = yes
>         comment = Your Web Server Space
>         path = /home/remote/www/users/%u
>
> include = /usr/local/samba/lib/users/%U.conf

ok.  Thanks.  I'll look at this.







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