[Samba] UPN as username instead of SAMAccountname

[Leon Benthaus]

Thank you Rowland. At least I have a definite answer now. :)

I will see if my colleagues are fine with this.

Best, Leon

> Rowland Penny via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> hat am 22.02.2023 10:27 CET geschrieben:
> 
>  
> On 22/02/2023 08:45, Leon Benthaus via samba wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >   
> > since I didn't get an answer I would carefully ask again. Maybe this is just a quick yes or no question:
> >   
> > Is there any known way to get winbind to accept UPNs as username instead of the samaccountname? All the threads I found online regarding this are really old.
> >   
> > Best,
> > Leon
> 
> 
> NO
> 
> Well, you wanted a quick answer ;-)
> 
> Long answer: Whilst you can change the UPN to anything that looks like 
> an email (so you could use it as an email address), you cannot use it to 
> log in.
> 
> Rowland
> 
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