[Samba] mapping usernames between Windows and Linux

Thomas Bork tombork at web.de
Tue Jan 14 23:01:01 GMT 2003


Hi Oliver Schweikert,

you wrote:

> man smb.conf says:
> Each  line should  contain  a single UNIX username on the left
> then a '=' followed by a list of usernames  on  the right.
>
> steveb = steve
> should work.

it's better to use quotes, if you have some windows names with blanks
in it:

unixname = "win_name_1 with_blank" "win_name_2 with_blank"


der tom




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