On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 14:39, Michael Gargiullo wrote: > On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 14:30, David Demner wrote: > > > Help, > > > I am trying to set up samba. I need to incorporate a > > > raft of users with mixed case in their username. Linux will > > > not allow be to do this. Is this an absolute - do I need to > > > have all Winx users change their usernames or am I just hosed? > > > > > > I have tried to enter the user as lower case, e.g. 'sue' > > > and then 'usermod -l sue Sue' but I get an error saying that > > > 'Sue' does not exist. > > > > > > > Strange problem... > > > > Try editing the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow and /etc/group files > > manually. Which sucks if you have lots of users, but ok for a few. > > > > Good luck, > > > > David > > > > ps: the other poster is correct; your syntax is backwards, but > > 'usermod -l Sue sue' still doesn't work... > > I don't remember where, but I know you can map usernames. windows user > bfever can map to linux user bobfever, or whatever... It has been a while since I used Samba, but isn't that what smbuser is for? -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
