On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 01:15 +0000, redhatdude@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 01:01 +0000, redhatdude@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > > From: redhatdude@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > Is it possible to create a smb user without having to create a system user for > > > > it? > > > Using the command smbpasswd -a NewUser fails with error: Failed to modify > > > > password entry for user NewUser. > > I entered "encrypt password = yes" and "smb passwd file = > > /etc/samba/smbpasswd" > > > > in my smb.conf and still doesn't work. > > > > Anyone knows the answer? Please help. > > > > EJ > > > > > > > > > > Ur?!!! Help, anybody? > > ---- > > No - a samba user MUST be a posix user also. > > > > Craig > > > > Thanks for replying Craig. > So what's the best approach if I need a lot of smb accounts and I don't want to clutter my /home partition with users' home folders? ---- create users with /dev/null as their home directory or create users with /home/samba/homes as their home directory (obviously this must exist) or 'map' users with /etc/samba/smbusers (I don't generally recommend this) Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
