This parameter controls whether Samba substitutes %-macros in the passdb fields if they are explicitly set. We used to expand macros here, but this turned out to be a bug because the Windows client can expand a variable %G_osver% in which %G would have been substituted by the user's primary group.
Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
Registry Path | Software\Policies\Samba\smb_conf\passdb expand explicit |
Value Name | passdb expand explicit |
Value Type | REG_DWORD |
Default Value | 0 |
True Value | 1 |
False Value | 0 |