[Samba] Local vs Domain user conflict with winbind

[Denis Vlasenko]

On Friday 03 December 2004 19:49, sharif islam wrote:
> From http://www.faqs.org/docs/samba/ch09.html
>
> "Be careful when adding local users after domain users have started
> accessing the Samba server. The domain users will have entries created
> for them by winbind in /etc/passwd, with UIDs in the range you
> specify. If you are using a method of creating new accounts that
> automatically assigns UIDs, it might choose UIDs by adding 1 to the
> highest UID assigned thus far, which will be the most recent UID added
> by winbind. (This is the case on Red Hat Linux, with the useradd
> script, for example.) The UID for the new local user will be within
> the range allocated for winbind, which will have undesired effects.
> Make sure to add new local users using a method that assigns them UIDs
> in the proper range. For example, you can use the -u option of useradd
> to specify the UID to assign to the new user. "
>
> I am running samab as a member server with winbind. I tried to create
> a local user with useradd -u, but winbind seems hang during the
> process. How do I create a local user? Do I need to turn winbind off
> then create the user?

You can just edit /etc/passwd by hand, and then change password via passwd.
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