On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Marc Fromm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am confused on the various account creation methods in samba. I am > running Fedora Core 8 and Samba 3.0.26a-6. > > 1.) I think they all point to same password file based on your smb.conf settings. Correct me if I'm wrong but you can change a password with pbedit or smbpasswd. pbedit has many more options than smbpasswd.
> I can create a user with pdbedit -a > I can create a user with smbpasswd -a > I can list the users with the pdbedit -L command > Where is the file with the users that the above commands create and > pdbedit -L lists? > > 2.) > In SWAT under "server password management" I created a use root with a > password. This created a smbpasswd file in /etc/samba/ directory. This > user is not listed when I run pdbedit -L. When do you use the user that > is created in SWAT? > I think samba will create the password file of it doesn't exists based on your smb.conf > 3.) > When I run smbclient -L localhost to list the shares I am prompted for a > password, but my root password does not work. What account and password > is smbclient looking for? I think there is no password. Just hit enter when promted for password. See: http://lucasmanual.com/mywiki/SambaDomainController#head-03b60920a264ff098b0b06f5b9cf1860b92df939 Lucas > > Thanks > > Marc Fromm > Information Technology Specialist II > Financial Aid Department > Western Washington University > Phone: 360-650-3351 > Fax: 360-788-0251 > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > -- Automotive Recall Database. Cars, Trucks, etc. http://www.lucasmanual.com/recall/ -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
