[Samba] Samba v3.0.26a

[Ryan Novosielski]

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Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
>> I got samba 3.0.26a on my Fedora 7, and when i try to add users with
>> smbpasswd -a username, it only works if the user exists as a linux
>> user... i got a Centos 4.4 system with samba 3.0.10 and it  works even
>> if the user doesn't exists on the system.
>> Can anyone explain me why this happens? is it from this new version
>> (3.0.26a) or may be a problem of 
>> Fedora 7?
> 
> Your configuration on the FC7 box is incomplete,  you need an add user
> script to setup the user in NSS after which Samba will find the user and
> add the Samba attributes.  All documented in the Samba docs.

To add to this, the user MUST exist as a Linux user. What the other
poster suggests is happening is that the other box is adding a Linux
user transparently.
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