[Samba] Version 3: %U returns null value in security = share

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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Gavin-Francis Fernandes wrote:

| When we upgraded to v3 (pretty much any build that
| we've tried) all of a sudden, the %U variable/macro is null.

I'm not sure why people ever really expected %U to work
when using security = share.  Sha remode security by design
doesn't really support the concept of users.  Samba goes
to great lengths to bridge the gap between user/pws in UNIX
and share mode security.

You're best bet is to use 'security = user|domain|ads' and set
'map to guest = bad user' for guest access.




cheers, jerry
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