On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 8:00 AM, Dmitrijs Demidovs <dmitrijs.demid...@datakom.lv> wrote: > Hi list, > > Can someone please clarify the difference between variables %S %U %u in > smb.conf? > > It is not clearly defined in man smb.conf page (at least for me) > > %u - username of the current service, if any. I think this would be the unix user account the smbd process is running as. it isn't the same as the username they login as in all cases.
> %U - session username (the username that the client wanted, not necessarily > the same as the one they got). this would be the name they logged in as. In some cases this can be the machine account name too > %S - the name of the current service, if any. this is typically the share name. it can be IPC too, but unlikely you'd ever use it in a context where you'd see that -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
