getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)

[Tom Bartos]

What do these errors mean?  I have thousands of thease in each of the log files in /var/log/samba/machinename.log 
Question: How do I add the pcguest user to the smbpasswd file ( I didn't know what password to assign to that user )

this could be the reason why I am having such a tough time accessing the samba shares from my authorized machines.

[2001/09/30 22:10:37, 0] passdb/smbpass.c:getsmbfilepwent(302)
  getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
[2001/09/30 22:10:37, 0] passdb/smbpass.c:getsmbfilepwent(302)
  getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
[2001/09/30 22:10:37, 0] passdb/smbpass.c:getsmbfilepwent(302)
  getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
[2001/09/30 22:10:37, 0] passdb/smbpass.c:getsmbfilepwent(302)
  getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
[2001/09/30 22:10:37, 1] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(505)
  Couldn't find user 'pcguest' in smb_passwd file.

Thanks
-Tom
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