[Samba] please help me.....

[Bradley W. Langhorst]

> .
> [root at LinuxBox /]# passwd root$
> Changing password for user root$.
> New password: 
> Retype new password: 
> passwd: all authentication tokens updated
> successfully.
why are you creating this root$ user?
I don't recommend having a machine named root.
you should be creating a machine account for
your machine with its name
eg
if your machine is named windowsbox
there should be an account called
windowsbox$ in /etc/passwd
and another one in /etc/smbpasswd

brad
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Bradley W. Langhorst <brad at langhorst.com>