samba - Feb 2007 - What is the difference between %u and %U

What is the difference between %u and %U?? The documentation says they both
return the value of the connected username, but will they return different
values? Or the same values? Or different values in different situations?

James Dinkel

> From: Don McCall
> 
> %U returns the username the client requested over the wire
> %u returns the username that he actually mapped to.
> 
> 
> From: Gerald (Jerry) Carter
> 
> %u is based on the uid of the connected userand
> is only available with the context of a share
> connection.  That's a little over simplified explanation
> but a good rule of thumb.
> 
> cheers, jerry
Don's answer was the same as what's in the documentation...

Jerry, I still don't get it.  Basically this is for setting the path for
the Homes share and what to use in the script to create the Homes share
folder.  Right now I am using %S (per suggestion) but that is also
creating shares and folders for computer accounts.  I don't want
computer accounts to create shares so I thought I would use %u or %U
instead.
>From what Jerry says then, I should use %u, but I'm still a little
curious as to what %U would be used for then.