On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 03:42, Peter Forst wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 21:06, Peter Forst wrote:
> > > Hi there,
> > > 
> > > is it possible to acitivate Unix Realname with samba 2.2.4 ? I've tried it, but 
> > > samba will ignore
> > > the unknown parameter. Does there exist an alternative parameter like unix 
> > > realname under
> > > samba 2.2.4 ???
> > 
> > We decided that having the option to turn this off was rather pointless,
> > so it's always enabled 
> > 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> thanx, but how can I use the value ? Is it an enviroment variable ? In no 
> documentation
> I can find any information about using the real unixname. Only that it is possible to
> get the fullname out of /etc/passwd

Samba uses the value from /etc/passwd's gecos field when the client asks
for the user's full name.  It really is unimportant to the operation of
the server.

Andrew Bartlett

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