On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 11:58:49AM -0800, wes wrote: > Is it possible to specify aliases for the username, so that a user can > choose any 1 of several names to log in with? > > Like let's say we have my name as a username, "Wesley". But what I if I want > to be very lazy and only sign in with "wes"? And I would like to have the > option of using either. And if I change any attribute of one alias, it's all > stored in the same place, so it should take effect for the other aliases. > So, if I log in as "wesley" and change my password, I should be able to log > out and log back in as "wes" with the new password I set for "wesley".
Hi Wes, Check out the "username map" parameter in the smb.conf man page -- it should allow you to do exactly what you describe. Dan -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
