On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 08:18 +0000, Paul Howarth wrote: > On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 18:24 -0700, Craig White wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 15:12 -0500, Tim Holmes wrote: > > > > > > > > Craig -- the testparam -sv returned the following output and the > > > onscreen display indicated loaded services file OK > > > > > > I have this feeling that I am in way over my head -- I printed the how > > > to book last night, so as soon as I get done teaching tonight im gonna > > > dive in there and see what I can find, but any help you can supply would > > > be gratefully accepted > > > > > > My Current SMB.CONF file is appended after the output of the testparam > > > -sv below > > > > > ---- > > You obviously fixed the 'services' issue by using Thomas' stuff > > > > The problem that you are having with users and passwords is that you > > have to have both Linux users and samba users. > > > > i.e. > > > > useradd craig # adds user craig to Linux system > > passwd craig # sets password for user craig on Linux system > > smbpasswd -a craig # adds Linux user craig to samba > > smbpasswd craig # sets samba password for samba user craig > > I thought winbind created linux accounts that mapped to the Windows > accounts on the fly as and when they were needed? ---- you know it does ;-) Was op using winbindd? I didn't think so. swat setups tend to configure it by default and on a single samba setup with no server to get this info from, it is more complicated for the administrator to set it up - of course, that is why I pointed op to the Samba HOWTO. Craig
