[Samba] FW: CentOS 6.5 + Samba 4.1.6 - Variable Substitution (smb.conf)

[Pascal Blétard]

>> Hello everyone.
>>  
>> So, I come to you because I have a little problem when setting up my domain controller based on CentOS 6.5 and Samba 4.1.6.
>>  
>> Everything works well, except for one small detail, which in my case blocking me.
>>  
>> I
>>  would like to automatically generate the home directory of the user 
>> during the first connection (from Win or Linux), but the problem is that
>>  for some unknown reason, the variable substitution does not work in the
>>  smb.conf
>>  
>> I tested various alternatives for the user name, for example, but none works.
>>  
>> Here is my smb.conf
>>  
>> 
>> [global]
>> 
>>         workgroup = ADS
>> 
>>         realm = ADS.LOCAL
>> 
>>         netbios name = BOOS17
>> 
>>         server role = active directory domain controller
>> 
>>         dns forwarder = 172.16.130.7
>>
>>         server services = rpc, nbt, wrepl, ldap, cldap, kdc, drepl, winbind, ntp_signd, kcc, dnsupdate, dns, smb
 
> You are using the ntvfs file server.  This does not support variable
> substitution, nor prexec or many other features.  It is supported, but
> not recommended for new installs for exactly this reason.  Use s3fs (the
> default) and you can expect more success
 
> I hope this clarifies things,
 
> Andrew Bartlett



Effectively, after reprovision my domain without "--use-ntvfs", it work now.

Again, thanks à lot!


Pascal Blétard