Thursday, April 20, 2006

how to create samba user

Hello All,
 
To create samba user..you should be root or sudo user.
 
1. First create a local user.
e.g.
$adduser abc
$passwd abc
(give the password.)
 
2. Then add that user in samba.
$smbpasswd -a abc
(Give the same password which you given in first stage.)
 
Thats it!     
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4 comments:

  1. Sanjay6:34 AM

    hey, is it neccessary to give same password as system user's? what if we give different password?

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  2. Anonymous2:42 AM

    I think no need of that

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  3. Anonymous2:42 AM

    I think no need of that

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  4. Amol P Kesare9:10 AM

    Sanjay you have to same password which is in /etc/passwd

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