[Samba] Samba using local user/password file

[Craig White]

The UNIX/Linux system has to have an account in some means whether this
account is in the flat file /etc/passwd or in LDAP which maps to the
samba user.

Craig

On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 17:14 -0800, Patrick Topping wrote:
> Craig,
> 
> Thanks for the info.  So I am going to need to create an account on
> the Linux server in order to add the user via smbpasswd right?  Thanks
> for your help.
> 
> -Patrick
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 15:09 -0700, Craig White wrote: 
> > On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 10:18 -0800, Patrick Topping wrote:
> > > I am trying to get samba to use its local users and passwords file and
> > > not the UNIX /etc/password file.  Is this possible?  I would like to be
> > > able to have users on the samba shares but not in the /etc/password
> > > file.  If I am trying to do the impossible please let me know...  Thanks
> > > in advance for any help.
> > > 
> > ----
> > you are trying to do the impossible
> > 
> > Craig
> >