Description of problem: Samba does not split the GECOS field when reporting the users's legal name to Windows. For example, my name appears as "Lou H. Goddard, New Castle, 302-454-0017" within Windows. The entire GECOS field appears in all parts of the Windows OS where you would expect just the name. For example, adding a user to the permission list of a file... or on the screen-lock-ctrl-alt-del box. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): samba-3.0.9-1.3E.10 How reproducible: Very. Steps to Reproduce: Add some extra fields to a user's GECOS. Log in to a Windows computer using the Samba PDC. Hit ctrl-alt-del and view the entire GECOS field. Actual results: Entire GECOS field is displayed Expected results: GECOS should be truncated at the first comma. I should see "Lou H. Goddard" Additional info: This causes other Windows friendly apps to barf if they do not perform input validation before parsing. They expect a simple legal name, but instead receive an entire GECOS field. See also: https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5198
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