Public bug reported:
Samba refuses to start when the smb.conf file contains an include line
with a variable substitution like "include = /etc/samba/smb.conf.%U"
According to the man page for smb.conf, all but a few specific variable
substitutions should work.
include (G)
This allows you to include one config file inside another.
The file is included literally, as though typed in place.
It takes the standard substitutions, except %u, %P and %S.
The parameter include = registry has a special meaning: It does not
include a file named registry from the current working directory, but
instead reads the global configuration options from the registry.
See the section on registry-based configuration for details. Note that
this option automatically activates registry shares.
Default: include =
Example: include = /usr/local/samba/lib/admin_smb.conf
It is probably related to this bug in samba:
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10722
Description: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Release: 16.04
samba:
Installed: 2:4.3.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Candidate: 2:4.3.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Version table:
*** 2:4.3.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64
Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2:4.3.8+dfsg-0ubuntu1 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
** Affects: samba (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: samba
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Samba won't start when an include statement in smb.conf has a variable
substitution
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