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Asked: 2012-11-20 16:23:14 +0800 CST

Variables are not expanded in smb.conf when using Samba 4

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I'm using Samba 4.0.0beta2 on Debian Wheezy as Active Directory domain controller. I also use winbind in my /etc/nsswitch.conf so getent passwd returns domain users.

I've set 

template homedir = /home/%U

in my smb.conf file but, instead of substituting %U for username, getent passwd returns:

HOME\Administrator:*:0:100::/home/%U:/bin/bash
HOME\Guest:*:3000000:3000001::/home/%U:/bin/bash

Why is that?

active-directory

1 Answers

  1. The value has change since Samba4,

    New value for the username is %ACCOUNTNAME% use as this :

    template homedir = /home/%ACCOUNTNAME%
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