<samba:parameter name="preexec" context="S" advanced="1" developer="1" xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common"> <listitem> <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 <link linkend="PREEXECCLOSE"><parameter moreinfo="none">preexec close</parameter></link> and <link linkend="POSTEXEC"><parameter moreinfo="none">postexec </parameter></link>.</para> <para>Default: <emphasis>none (no command executed)</emphasis></para> <para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">preexec = echo \"%u connected to %S from %m (%I)\" >> /tmp/log</command></para> </listitem> </samba:parameter>