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

[Eric Hines]

OK, now I'm confused.

The man page on smb.conf (version 3.0.14a) says that %S is the service 
name.  You're saying that the meaning of the macro has evolved to 
(DOMAIN|SERVER)\username.  If this means that %S is 
(DOMAIN|SERVER)\service, then I can see that service name and username 
would rarely match, and so %S would fail (so why would it work in a 
domain?)  But if it really is (DOMAIN|SERVER)\username, then why does it 
fail at all?  Is this the slightly more restricted use to which you alluded 
below?  Or is the deduction of the user name from the service to run down 
the list of valid users/groups to find a match with the user name/group 
that was used for the login to the share?

Obviously I'm still missing something....

Eric Hines

At 05/07/05 20:06, you wrote:
>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.
> > >
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