possible patch for username map bug [was Re: [Samba] bug in parsing the 'username map' in 3.0.5pre1]

[christoph.beyer at desy.de]

Hi Jerry et al,

looks fine for me, I tried the patch on 3.0.5pre1 and everything is OK now :-)

thanks
	~christoph


On Tue, 6 Jul 2004, Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:

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> Could you both (and anyone else having 'username map'
> problems in 3.0.4 or later)  try this patch which hopefully
> fixes the username map bug.
>
> Thanks.  Let me know how it goes.
>
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>
> cheers, jerry
>
>
> | the parsing of the 'username map' file seems to be
> | broken in 3.0.5pre1 and a few earlier releases. The '!'
> | at the beginning of a line is ignored. Something like
> |
> | !lp = lp
> | !chbeyer = chbeyer
> | !guest = guest
> | nobody = *
> |
> | doesn't work anymore :-(
> |
> | from the man page:
> |
> | [ snip ]
> |           If any line begins with an '!' then the processing will
> |           stop after that line if a mapping was done by the line.
> |           Otherwise mapping continues with every line being  pro-
> |           cessed.  Using '!' is most useful when you have a wild-
> |           card mapping line later in the file.
> | [ snip ]
>
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best regards
	~christoph


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