[Samba] authenticate to samba using email address

[Rowland penny]

On 29/10/2020 11:36, mj via samba wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Perhaps a strange question, but is it possible to configure samba to 
> accept an emailaddress as a username for authentication to a UNC 
> network path?
>
> (so: "username at domain.com" next to the standard "DOMAIN\username" or 
> "username at samba.domain.com")
>
> Some of our users access a samba UNC network path over VPN, while 
> working from home. They often have difficulties remembering the 
> correct username format.
>
> If we could somehow arrange for emailaddress to work too, it would 
> align samba authentication to the rest of our external logons, like 
> websites, email, VPN, etc. All of those use emailaddress as a username.
>
> We're running latest samba in AD config. The question is about access 
> to a linux domain member server.
>
> Curious.
>
> MJ
>
Are we talking from Windows here ?

If so, then 'username at dns.domain.com' should work.

Rowland