[Gerald Carter]

Mike Black wrote:
> 
> Any reason smbpasswd couldn't be smart enough to strip off 
> the $??  Sounds like this will be a common problem.
> Just do:
> 
>     strtok(machinename,"$");

It does.

           if (user_name[strlen(user_name)-1] == '$') {
                    user_name[strlen(user_name)-1] = 0;
           }


The problem was that he was trying to add a machine account
without specifying the -a flag.  Therefore the message about 
not being able to locate the entry.



Cheers,
jerry
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                            Gerald ( Jerry ) Carter	
Engineering Network Services                           Auburn University 
jerry at eng.auburn.edu             http://www.eng.auburn.edu/users/cartegw

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