-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 01:01 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > 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? EJ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
