Samba Users... 1

[MattWray]

First off, I am still rather new to Linux, so bear with me.
I tried to add a new user to the Samba server today, but was unable to get it to work. This is what I did.
First I tried thru the shell with useradd -m -g smbusers gcampbell. This seems to take, but when I try to give him a smbpasswd, it fails stating there is no user with that name. But if I try to add him again, it says that user already exists.
So then I tried thru webmin. I added him to the Unix side and to the smbusers group. He is there, but when I go to the Samba Server, edit users, he is not in there. I restarted both Samba and the server itself, to no avail.
Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong? Thanks,

Matt Wray

http://www.netcomtec.com

http://www.total-tec.com

 

[smah]

To add samba users, in a terminal as root:

smbpasswd [options] [username] [password]

For more info about the options, look in the documentation for smbpassword.

 

[Pav4o]

To add samba user "gcampbell":
smbpasswd -a gcampbell

 

[bluegroper]

And Post your Samba Q's in the Samba forum !!
See forum54

 

[bluegroper]

Try again. Samba Forum --> forum865

 

[MattWray]

Thanks, I didn't know you had to specify an option. Sorry, Bluegroper, wasn't aware of a Samba forum...
Thanks,

Matt Wray

http://www.netcomtec.com

http://www.total-tec.com