[Samba] samba problems with FreeBSD

Unix Rookie unixrookie at yahoo.com
Wed Sep 18 00:06:00 GMT 2002


i'm trying to setup a PDC with my FreeBSD box.

i'm following the directions in "Samba Unleashed" by SAMS.

in it they mention the creation of a server user account.

this is the example they give:

useradd -c "Samba PDC fir MYDOMAIN" -M -s /bin/false -n PERSEUS$

other than the fact FreeBSD doesn't use useradd and that pw useradd doesn't
have a "-M" option, i'm having a problem with the $ at the end of the username.

i get the following error:

pw: invalid character `$' in field

is there a work around?

any any all help will be greatly appreciated.




oh yeah... and one more thing... is the client-side setup in Samba the same
with W2k as it is for WinXP?  if it isn't i might as well take this book back. :/

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