Re: [Samba] user accounts

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Marc Fromm <Marc.Fromm@wwu.edu> wrote:
>
> I am confused on the various account creation methods in samba. I am
> running Fedora Core 8 and Samba 3.0.26a-6.
>
> 1.)
I think they all point to same password file based on your smb.conf settings.
Correct me if I'm wrong but you can change a password with pbedit or
smbpasswd.
pbedit has many more options than smbpasswd.



> I can create a user with pdbedit -a
> I can create a user with smbpasswd -a
> I can list the users with the pdbedit -L command
> Where is the file with the users that the above commands create and
> pdbedit -L lists?
>
> 2.)
> In SWAT under "server password management" I created a use root with a
> password. This created a smbpasswd file in /etc/samba/ directory. This
> user is not listed when I run pdbedit -L. When do you use the user that
> is created in SWAT?
>

I think samba will create the password file of it doesn't exists based
on your smb.conf


> 3.)
> When I run smbclient -L localhost to list the shares I am prompted for a
> password, but my root password does not work. What account and password
> is smbclient looking for?
I think there is no password. Just hit enter when promted for password.

See: http://lucasmanual.com/mywiki/SambaD...cf1860b92df939

Lucas

>
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>
> Marc Fromm
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