samba - Apr 2003 - %a reports a Windows XP client as having a "Win2K" architecture.

One of the variables available in Samba is "%a", which, as you know is
the architecture of the remote machine.  I tested using this variable
with a Windows 2000 and Windows XP client. Unfortunately, the log file
reports the Windows XP client is seen as having an architecture of
"Win2K" instead of something like "WinXP". The Windows 2000
box shows up
fine as "Win2K".

The reason I am using the %a variable is so roaming profiles can have
different paths for different architectures.

Thank you,

Geoff Stitt
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Geoff,

What version of samba are you using? Have you tried 2.2.8?

- John T.
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Hi Georg,
> One of the variables available in Samba is "%a", which, as you
know is
> the architecture of the remote machine.  I tested using this variable
> with a Windows 2000 and Windows XP client. Unfortunately, the log file
> reports the Windows XP client is seen as having an architecture of
> "Win2K" instead of something like "WinXP". The Windows
2000 box shows up
> fine as "Win2K".
use samba 2.2.8 or actual samba alpha version for that (please read the
changes).

der?tom
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On 4 Apr 2003, Geoff Stitt wrote:
> One of the variables available in Samba is "%a", which, as you
know is
> the architecture of the remote machine.  I tested using this variable
> with a Windows 2000 and Windows XP client. Unfortunately, the log file
> reports the Windows XP client is seen as having an architecture of
> "Win2K" instead of something like "WinXP". The Windows
2000 box shows up
> fine as "Win2K".
Fixed in 2.2.8




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Hi Gerald (Jerry) Carter,

you wrote:
>> One of the variables available in Samba is "%a", which, as
you know
>> is the architecture of the remote machine.  I tested using this
>> variable with a Windows 2000 and Windows XP client. Unfortunately,
>> the log file reports the Windows XP client is seen as having an
>> architecture of "Win2K" instead of something like
"WinXP". The
>> Windows 2000 box shows up fine as "Win2K".
>
> Fixed in 2.2.8
sorry, not really  ;o)
Found the problem now too. If configuring

logon path = \\%N\%U\%a

in smb.conf and making a connection as Administrator (mapped to root)
with WinXPPro, the directory /root/Win2K for profile directory will be
created  :(
               ^^^^^^

der tom

Sorry,

I am not being descriptive enough.

In my smb.conf I have the entry

logon path = \\%L\profiles\%U\%a

Hence the reason why you see "iitest\Win2K\ntuser.ini", etc. in the
log.

The "Win2K" portion is what is substituted for %a.

In fact, when I look in /var/spool/samba/profiles I see the directories
"ittest\Win2K\","username\Win2K\",etc., which is what I
wanted as it
keeps profiles for different architectures separate.


Thx.
On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 15:46, Thomas Bork wrote:
> Hi Geoff Stitt,
> 
> you wrote:
> 
> > Still, when I log in from a Windows XP Professional client
"Win2K" is
> > still used.
> [..]
> > [2003/04/04 13:01:42, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(246)
> >   ittest opened file ittest/Win2K/ntuser.ini read=Yes write=No
> > (numopen=2)
> 
> Your log says only, that user ittest opened the file
> 
> ittest/Win2K/ntuser.ini
> 
> nothing more, nothing less. This has nothing to do with the macro %a.
> If you want to know, from which share (service) the file was opened,
> search in the log above for
> 
> [2003/04/04 22:38:08, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection(636)
>   ??? (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) connect to service ??? as user ittest (uid=?,
> gid=?) (pid ???)
> 
> 
> Example from my machine:
> 
> [2003/04/04 22:38:08, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection(636)
>   xp (192.168.0.11) connect to service root as user root (uid=0, gid=0)
> (pid 12321)
> [2003/04/04 22:38:13, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(246)
>   Administrator opened file profile/ntuser.ini read=Yes write=No
> (numopen=2)
> [2003/04/04 22:38:13, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(229)
>   root closed file profile/ntuser.ini (numopen=1)
> 
> 
> I opened \\root\profile\ntuser.ini in my homedir.
> 
> 
> der tom
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