How to add machine accounts?

[(Carsten Wagner)]

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OK, here's a line I tried and it worked:

        kalliope$:*:900:900::/dev/null:/bin/false

Try it,


Schnaggy:-)

On 08-Apr-99 Andre Anneck wrote:
> Ok... I guess I didnt make myself clear enough.
> I have the trailing $ at the machine-accounts name wich is the 
> username in the /etc/passwd... 
> but when I run smbpasswd it still complains about the account 
> would not be existend... ??!!!?!?... 
> 
> Here is what I do:
> 1. Edit /etc/passwd, add the following line:
> mypdc$:dummy:1001:1001:test:/dev/nul:/usr/sbin
> 2. Save /etc/passwd
> 3. Do at the prompt: 
> /usr/local/samba/bin/smbpasswd -a -m mypdc

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