[Samba] not able to add machines on FreeBSD 4.7

[Scott Millhisler]

As an experiment what happens if you do:
   useradd sclepy$

Does it say that user sclepy$ already exists?  I wonder if there is some issue with their entries in the /etc/passwd file.  My machine entries differ slightly in that the second parameter contains an 'x' where yours contain an '*'.  I doubt that matters but I am not sure what the usage of that parameter is.

A couple of othe things to consider: (as I understand them)
-   To add a user/machine account you must be logged in as root.
-   To add a machine account the local server must be running Samba as a PDC.

Hope this was at least somewhat helpful.

Scott Millhisler
SJM Computer Consulting - Perry, Michigan

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Brandon Hagedorn" <bhagedor at iastate.edu>
Date:  Sun, 9 Mar 2003 17:23:19 -0600

> 
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>I'm setting up a new install of samba 2.2.7a on FreeBSD 4.7
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>            Here's a little run-through of what I have done.
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>I added a machine account in /etc/group as follows:
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>            machines:*:201
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>            I have added all of my machine accounts in to /etc/passwd as
>follows:
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>sclepy$:*:201:201::0:0:Machine account for Sclepy:/dev/null:false
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>lexus$:*:202:201::0:0:Machine account for Lexus:/dev/null:false
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>kellogg$:*:203:201::0:0:Machine account for Kellogg:/dev/null:false
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>april$:*:204:201::0:0:Machine account for April's
>desktop:/dev/null:false
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>rich$:*:205:201::0:0:Machine account for Rich's laptop:/dev/null:false
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>mary$:*:207:201::0:0:Machine account for Mac:/dev/null:false
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>fred$:*:208:201::0:0:Machine account for Fred's Laptop:/dev/null:false
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>duffy$:*:209:201::0:0:Machine account for Mike's Desktop:/dev/null:false
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>dakine$:*:210:201::0:0:Machine account for Brandon's
>machine:/dev/null:false
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>image$:*:211:201::0:0:Machine account for Image computer:/dev/null:false
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>buck$:*:212:201::0:0:Machine account for Another
>computer:/dev/null:false
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>            Then, I proceeded to the next command to add the samba
>machine account
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>            smbpasswd -a -m sclepy
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>this is the error I get ..
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>User sclepy$ does not exist in system password file (usually
>/etc/passwd). Cannot add account without a valid local system user.
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>Failed to modify password entry for user sclepy$
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>Why is this happening..??
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