Le 28/12/2010 20:29, Gary Dale a écrit : > Bonjour Francois. One question is why are you using smbpasswd instead of > tdb for the backend?
As I said in the title of my post, I'm a newbie and I'm just learning Samba and at the moment I'm just trying a few basic shares. I have seen that "tdb backend" is better than "smbpasswd backend" but to begin I thought It was clearer for me to use plain text file for the storage of the users'accounts. And I met this problem of uid that annoys me and I would like to understand. > I suggest that you remove (purge) your samba implementation and > reinstall it with the defaults. I have tried this: # apt-get update # apt-get purge samba # apt-get install samba But, with the smb.conf file that I have posted in my first message, I have exactly the same problem: #------------------------------ # smbpasswd -a francois -D 10 | grep -i 'uid' New SMB password: Retype new SMB password: getsmbfilepwent: returning passwd entry for user francois, uid 0 getsmbfilepwent: returning passwd entry for user francois, uid 0 # cat smbpasswd francois:0: [snip] # cat /etc/passwd | grep francois francois:x:1000:1000:francois,,,:/home/francois:/bin/bash #------------------------------ I'd really like to understand the problem. > Next use swat to configure things. Is it not better to edit smb.conf with a simple editor? > You need to consider the role the server plays, I highly recommend that > you make it a domain controller unless you already have one. If you have > a domain controller then join the server to the domain. If you don't > have a domain controller, then use your samba server as domain controller. > > Once you have your server's role established, add and enable the > accounts using swat. > > If this is a workstation that you are simply trying to share a folder > from, then consider whether that is really a good idea. Sharing files > exposes your machine unnecessarily. It is far better to set up a server > with a shared folder. > > You can get all kinds of network storage devices quite cheaply that will > do the job. Or you can use an old computer and set it up as domain > controller/file server. You can even share printers, scanners, etc. from > it. > > However, if you must use a workstation to share files, then use swat to > configure it as a standalone or domain member server with whatever > access rights you want. However, I strongly advise against using your > account to provide guest access. Set up a real guest account that has no > login rights (e.g. set the login shell to /bin/false). Thanks for the pieces of advice. At the moment, I'm just learning with my computer (Ubuntu 10.04) and client XP (Virtual machine with VirtualBox). Francois Lafont -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
