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

[John H Terpstra]

On Saturday 07 May 2005 19:00, Eric Hines wrote:
> I'm looking forward to your book.
>
> Since %S now means DOMAIN/username, then won't it also now fail in any
> standalone server config since there's no domain to interpret in a
> standalone?

In the case of a stand alone server this becomes SERVER\username.

- John T.

>
> At 05/07/05 19:24, you wrote:
> >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.
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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.