Failed to find entry for user guest. & Failed to change password entry for guest
anaresh
anaresh at techmas.hcltech.com
Fri May 11 10:11:03 GMT 2001
Hi
I am installing samba from samba.org
while adding user it is giving some error like
Failed to find entry for user guest.
Failed to change password entry for guest
after getting this error , I am able to see entries in
usr/local/samba/lib/users.map
/usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd
see the info below for calrity:
what could be the problem... can anybody suggest me inthis regard...
[root at Natesh source]# ./smbadduser guest:ntguest
Adding: {guest = ntguest} to /usr/local/samba/lib/users.map
----------------------------------------------------------
ENTER password for guest
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:
Failed to find entry for user guest.
Failed to change password entry for guest
[root at Natesh source]#
[root at Natesh source]# vi /usr/local/samba/lib/users.map
guest = ntguest
[root at Natesh source]# vi /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd
guest:500:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:
Gues
t Account:/home/guest:/bin/bash
thanks in advance
naresh
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