[Samba] smb.conf realm parameter

[L.P.H. van Belle]

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: samba [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens 
> Rowland penny via samba
> Verzonden: vrijdag 5 juli 2019 15:44
> Aan: samba at lists.samba.org
> Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] smb.conf realm parameter
> 
> On 05/07/2019 14:31, L.P.H. van Belle via samba wrote:
> > Rowland,
> >
> > Do you know is samba is changing the smb value here to 
> uppercase in the background.
> > ( see: 
> https://web.mit.edu/kerberos/krb5-1.12/doc/admin/realm_config.html )
> >
> > Because if not, i really suggest we follow the 
> recommendations here, (uppercase REALM)
> > a mismatch in realm due to upper/lower case is really hard to find..
> >
> > Just saying..
> >
> >
> Yes and worth saying, but I never gave it much thought before, so I 
> changed my realm line to:
> 
>      realm = samdom.example.com
> 
> testparm produced this amongst the output:
> 
>      realm = SAMDOM.EXAMPLE.COM
> 
> So it looks like Samba does uppercase the realm, but 
> interestingly (and 
> I have noticed this before) the 'idmap config' lines:
> 
>      idmap config SAMDOM
> 
> Become:
> 
>      idmap config samdom
> 
> Rowland
> 
> 

Ah, you found a "mini" bug then.  ;-) 

SAMDOM is the WORKGROUP name, which should also be in CAPS.
As shown in the naming conventions of MS link. 


Greetz, 

Louis