[Samba] [Nearly Resolved] Samba-3 by Example, Ex 2.4

[John H Terpstra]

On Saturday 07 May 2005 17:39, Eric Hines wrote:
> John,
>
> I'm running Samba 3.0.14a on an FC3 machine, and I'm working from the
> printed 2004 edition of your book (when is your updated version coming
> out?  470 pages of pdf is a lot to print out, and being the throwback that
> I am, I'm much more comfortable with a book than with reading from a
> computer monitor).

It will be about 480 pages all done, up from 367 pages. A lot has changed. It 
has taken me 6 weeks full time work.

>
> I went through the WHATSNEW.txt with this version, but all that said was
> that the %S bug was fixed after 3.0.0.  I notice, though, that in your
> updated example [files] does not have valid users listed in any guise,
> although in many (most?) of the later examples in your updated book, you
> still use %S quite freely in the valid users field.

Ah, but the interpretation of the %S macro changed during the 3.0.x life from 
'username' to 'DOMAIN\username'. Additionally, some macros (like %S) now have 
slightly more restricted use. It is better to avoid use of %S if possible. 
The only use that is safe is in the homes meta-service. It will fail almost 
everywhere else because the user name and the service (share name) will not 
match.

- John T.

> Thanks
>
> Eric
>
> At 05/07/05 17:48, you wrote:
> >Eric,
> >
> >Are you working from the printed version of the book?
> >Are you working from the update that is on the Samba web site?
> >
> >What version of Samba are you using?
> >
> >If you are using a version more recent than 3.0.7 I suggest you use the
> > book "Samba-3 by Example" from:
> >
> >         http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-Guide.pdf
> >
> >If you refer to the WHATSNEW.txt file that ships with your version you can
> >see
> >what changes were made that may explain why %S does not work.
> >
> >- John T.
> >
> >On Saturday 07 May 2005 16:17, Eric Hines wrote:
> > > OK, I've got this one working, but only by enumerating the valid users
> > > in the "files" share--%S wouldn't work in the valid users field (e.g.,
> > > "smbclient //<servername>/files" would simply give an
> > > NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED error).  This would be OK for a small LAN, but
> > > for small enterprises or LANs with 75-100 users, as some on this list
> > > have mentioned, that becomes cumbersome (would the field even hold 75
> > > names?).
> > >
> > > So now my question is this, since it appears I still don't have my
> > > users entirely correctly configured: %S, per the smb.conf man page, is
> > > the service name (files in my case) and not the user name--but the man
> > > page goes on to say that the %S macro attempts to deduce the user name
> > > from the service name. How does the macro attempt to do this?  Failing
> > > that, are there any ideas about what I'm still doing wrong in
> > > configuring my users?  The relevant parts of my smb.conf file follow.
> > >
> > > Thanks for your help.
> > >
> > > Eric Hines
> > >
> > > [master]
> > >          comment = Master work area
> > >          path = /archive
> > >          valid users = mfwic
> > >          read only = No
> > >
> > > [files]
> > >          comment = The actual backups
> > >          path = /archive/%U
> > >          valid users = annlee, ehines
> > >          read only = No
> > >
> > >
> > > Out of the argument with ourselves comes poetry, out of the argument
> > > with others comes politics.
> > >          --Yeats
> >
> >--
> >John H Terpstra, CTO
> >PrimaStasys Inc.
> >Phone: +1 (650) 580-8668
> >
> >Author:
> >The Official Samba-3 HOWTO & Reference Guide, ISBN: 0131453556
> >Samba-3 by Example, ISBN: 0131472216
> >Hardening Linux, ISBN: 0072254971
> >Other books in production.
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> Out of the argument with ourselves comes poetry, out of the argument with
> others comes politics.
>          --Yeats

-- 
John H Terpstra, CTO
PrimaStasys Inc.
Phone: +1 (650) 580-8668

Author:
The Official Samba-3 HOWTO & Reference Guide, ISBN: 0131453556
Samba-3 by Example, ISBN: 0131472216
Hardening Linux, ISBN: 0072254971
Other books in production.