[Samba] Can't add new users

[Majid Chavoshi]

During Samba installation, by logging in as a NT admin with the password given on the command line, I think we avoid using this file. Please see below:

mecca:/opt/samba/bin # ./smbpasswd chrisg
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:
Failed to find entry for user chrisg.
Failed to modify password entry for user chrisg
mecca:/opt/samba/bin #

Regards,

Majid Chavoshi
Unix System Administrator



-----Original Message-----
From: Bryant, Steven R. [mailto:Bryant at hdlegal.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 2:37 PM
To: Majid Chavoshi; samba at lists.samba.org
Subject: RE: [Samba] Can't add new users


I believe in addition to a Unix account, each user also needs to be entered as a SAMBA user. The smbpasswd file shows the SAMBA users along with their encrypted passwords.
To add a SAMBA user:
> smbpasswd [userid]
you'll be prompted to enter a password for the new user and then to confirm it.

that should do it.

I'll guess that viewing the file smbpasswd right now, you'll see the users listed there that do already work with the SAMBA shares.......


Hope this helps,

Steve


Steven R. Bryant - Network Manager
Henderson, Daily, Withrow & DeVoe
Indianapolis, IN (317) 639-4121
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-----Original Message-----
From: samba-bounces+bryant=hdlegal.com at lists.samba.org
[mailto:samba-bounces+bryant=hdlegal.com at lists.samba.org]On Behalf Of
Majid Chavoshi
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 3:50 PM
To: 'samba at lists.samba.org'
Cc: Majid Chavoshi
Subject: [Samba] Can't add new users


Hi all,
I tried to add a new user to a Samba share, I did all the usual: made a Unix account on the Unix server for the user which was the same as the user's window's UID. Put her name as a valid user for that directory in server:/etc/opt/samba/smb.conf, and stopped and started server:/sbin/init.d/samba server; nothing worked.

Interesting observations: 1- After performing the steps described above, I do a "server# /opt/samba/bin/testparm" and don't even see the new user's name for that particular Samba share. 2- Samba is working fine for all the previously defined users in smb.conf.

Many thanks in advance and best regards.

Majid Chavoshi
Unix System Administrator

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