Samba's
message
command option sets the path to a program that will run on the server when a Windows popup message arrives at the server. The command will be executed using the
guest
account user. What to do with one of these is questionable since it's probably for the Samba administrator, and Samba doesn't know his or her name. If you know there's a human using the console, the Samba team once suggested the following:
Note the use of variables here. The
%s variable will become the file that the message is in. This file should be deleted when the command is finished with it; otherwise, there will be a buildup of pop-up files collecting on the Samba server. In addition, the command must fork its own process (note the & after the command); otherwise the client may suspend and wait for notification that the command was sent successfully before continuing.
In addition to the standard variables,
Table 8.8 shows the three unique variables that you can use in a
message
command.
