<samba:parameter name="preexec" context="S" type="string" advanced="1" developer="1" xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> <synonym>exec</synonym> <description> <para>This option specifies a command to be run whenever the service is connected to. It takes the usual substitutions.</para> <para>An interesting example is to send the users a welcome message every time they log in. Maybe a message of the day? Here is an example:</para> <para> <command moreinfo="none">preexec = csh -c 'echo \"Welcome to %S!\" | /usr/local/samba/bin/smbclient -M %m -I %I' & </command> </para> <para>Of course, this could get annoying after a while :-)</para> <para> See also <smbconfoption name="preexec close"/> and <smbconfoption name="postexec"/>. </para> </description> <value type="default"></value> <value type="example">echo \"%u connected to %S from %m (%I)\" >> /tmp/log</value> </samba:parameter>