[Bug 1583324] Re: Samba won't start when an include statement in smb.conf has a variable substitution

[Andreas Hasenack]

Commit closing the upstream bug: https://github.com/samba-
team/samba/commit/3c6ea3293c6aac67bc442f47185fd494714e4806


** Tags added: bitesize

** Tags removed: samba

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Title:
  Samba won't start when an include statement in smb.conf has a variable
  substitution

Status in samba package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  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

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