[Samba] Can't delete smbpasswd user if not in /etc/passwd

[Alex Forrow]

Seems shody but cant you just add the user again to /etc/passwd. Then  
delete both.


Alex

On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 09:54:59 +0100 (BST), Mac <mac at nibsc.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> 	Looking for a solution to the following:-
>
> # smbpasswd -x jh---
> build_sam_account: smbpasswd database is corrupt!  username jh--- with  
> uid 1774 is not in unix passwd database!
> Failed to initialise SAM_ACCOUNT for user jh---. Does this user exist in  
> the UNIX password database ?
> Failed to modify password entry for user jh---
> #
>
>
> Ths user has already been deleted from the /etc/passwd  (in fact NIS
> passwd), so all we're trying to do is to remove them from smbpasswd too.
>
> Seems an odd requirement that a user one is trying to delete has to
> exist in UNIX passwd!
>
>
> Any ideas?
>                                Mac
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