Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of MasterPasswdSyntax

Timestamp:

Feb 4, 2008, 9:55:46 AM (16 years ago)

Author:

Herwig Bauernfeind

Comment:

Correct Login-Class error, change according to home dir fix

MasterPasswdSyntax

@@ -16 +16 @@
 ||UID||User-ID||Required, give each user a unique number||{{{110}}}
 ||GID||Group-ID||Required. If groups are not used, same value as UID||{{{110}}}
-||Login-Class||Not used currently||Set to zero (0)||{{{0}}}
+||Login-Class||Not used currently||Leave empty||{{{ }}}
 ||Change pw in x sec||Not used currently||Set to zero (0)||{{{0}}}
 ||Deactivate pw in x sec||Not used currently||Set to zero (0)||{{{0}}}
 ||GECOS||Full username||Useful, but not completely supported||{{{Herwig Bauernfeind}}}
-||Home||The user's home directory||Don't use it currently(*)||{{{/nonexistent}}}
+||Home||The user's home directory||Enter path(*)||{{{D$/Samba/User/herwig}}}
 ||Shell||The user's shell||Not used currently||{{{/usr/sbin/nologin}}}
 
@@ -26 +26 @@
 
 {{{# This is a comment in master.passwd}}}
-{{{herwig:*:110:110:0:0:0:Herwig Bauernfeind:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin}}}
+{{{herwig:*:110:110::0:0:Herwig Bauernfeind:D$/Samba/User/herwig:/usr/sbin/nologin}}}
 
-(*) You cannot enter a valid OS/2 path in this field as the ":" would be misinterpreted as a field delimiter resulting in a broken master.passwd. It is possible to use the kLibc PathRewriter to workaround this limitation, but this is currently not recommended.
-
-''Note: Use the [homes] section of smb.conf in case home directories should be used.''
+''Note: You must enter a valid OS/2 path in this field and replace the ":" following the driveletter by a "$", otherwise the ":" would be misinterpreted as a field delimiter resulting in a broken master.passwd.