Using Samba, Second Edition

Configuration File Variables

Table B-1 lists the Samba configuration file variables.

Table B-1. Configuration file variables

Name	Meaning
%a	Client’s architecture (Samba, WfWg, WinNT, Win95, or UNKNOWN)
%d	Current server process’s process ID
%D	User’s Windows NT Domain
%f	Printer spool file as a relative path (printing only)
%f	User from which a message was sent (messages only)
%G	Primary group name of %U (requested username)
%g	Primary group name of %u (actual username)
%H	Home directory of %u (actual username)
%h	Samba server’s (Internet) hostname
%I	Client’s IP address
%j	Print job number (printing only)
%L	Samba server’s NetBIOS name (virtual servers have multiple names)
%M	Client’s (Internet) hostname
%m	Client’s NetBIOS name
%N	Name of the NIS home directory server (without NIS, same as %L)
%n	New password (password change only)
%o	Old password (password change only)
%P	Current share’s root directory (actual)
%p	Current share’s root directory (in an NIS homedir map)
%p	Print filename (printing only)
%R	Protocol level in use (CORE, COREPLUS, LANMAN1, LANMAN2, or NT1)
%S	Current share’s name
%s	Name of the file in which the message resides (messages only)
%s	Printer spool filename (printing only)
%T	Current date and time
%t	Destination system (messages only)
%U	Requested username for current share
%u	Current share’s username
%v	Samba version
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