Samba + username with spaces_

[Bill Grzanich]

Hi, Matt.

in the [global] section of your smb.conf, add the line:

username map = /some/filename

where /some/filename is the path to a username map file.  I have mine called /etc/smbusermap.conf.

In that file, you list the NT names and the corresponding Linux name, like this:

# Unix_name = SMB_name1 SMB_name2 ...
root = administrator admin
nobody = guest pcguest smbguest
test = "Test User"
bill = "Bill Gates"

Notice that you can have multiple NT names match to the same Linux user.  Note, too, that if the NT 
names are "First Last", with that space between first and last names, you'll need the quotes around 
the name.

I hope this helps.

-Bill

Original message from: "HeadTechnican @ Mathco.com"
>How does samba handle NT usernames
>that contains spaces. Also NT can
>have long usernames while Linux can
>only have 8-10 character long usernames.
>Is there anyway you can map those long
>usernames to Linux?
>
>Thanks
>
>MattB
>
>
>-- 
>To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the
>instructions:  http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
-- 
Bill Grzanich
IT Manager
ORGANICS/LaGrange, Inc.