[Samba] smb.conf realm parameter

[Rowland penny]

On 05/07/2019 14:56, L.P.H. van Belle via samba wrote:
>> -----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
>
>
Then it is a very long lived bug ;-)

For as long as I have used Samba, testparm has done this and has also 
always worked correctly.

Rowland