The mistake was mine. However, after correcting the file name and restarting smb, the addition of accounts still does not work. Thanks for spotting the typo. On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Harris, Don <don.harris@xxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm not a heavy samba user but this excerpt from your smb.conf looks like > a typo: > > smb passwd file = /etc/smaba/smbpasswd > > R/Don > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Doll, Margaret Ann > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 1:16 PM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Problems with smbpasswd > > Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 (Santiago) > > Yesterday I had samba running well with four users. The smb.conf was > changed early this morning and the samba users are no longer defined. > > smbpasswd no longer adds users to /etc/samba/smbpasswd. > > outtakes from my smb.conf file > > # use either tdbsam or ldapsam. smbpasswd is available for backwards > # passdb backend = tdbsam > smb passwd file = /etc/smaba/smbpasswd > # use either tdbsam or ldapsam. smbpasswd is available for backwards > # Use password server option only with security = server or if you can't > # password server = My_PDC_Name [My_BDC_Name] [My_Next_BDC_Name] > # password server = * > ; passdb backend = tdbsam > ; password server = <NT-Server-Name> > # use either tdbsam or ldapsam. smbpasswd is available for backwards > ; passdb backend = tdbsam > # Cups Options let you pass the cups libs custom options, setting it to raw > > No smbpasswd is in /etc/samba. > > If I touch /etc/samba/smbpasswd and try to add an account again, nothing is > written to smbpasswd. The account I am trying to add worked yesterday and > is contained in /etc/passwd. > > I have reinstalled samba and samba-common. > > What should I try next? > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
