"Ohad M. Somjen" wrote: > the file smbusers is just for this purpose. What are you talking about? I said "use username map". Where does the name smbusers come from? grep "username map" /etc/smb.conf Then man smb.conf. > > Ohad. > > On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Omer Efraim wrote: > > > Iftach Hyams wrote: > > > > > > About the user name problem : > > > Since I have to log on to the NT machine in a specific user, > > > and my Linux user name is different, I have just added this > > > user name into my /etc/passwd. > > > Now you have two options - > > > either define it a totally new user (it is O.K. if you like it to > > > access a predefined shared directory), or assign the same > > > user I.D. (and probably home directory) as the original Linux > > > user name. > > > The multiple usernames on the same user I.D. give you > > > exactly the same permission. When parsing user I.D. back > > > to username, the first occurance in the file will be the output. > > > Just try it and write ls -l. To see what I mean. > > > > Those are two options. Unfurtunately, IMO, both of > > which are not the right solution. > > > > The right solution is to use Samba's built-in > > username map. It's there for a reason. > > -- "You will now die. Make whatever rituals are necessary for your species." - Ur-Quan, Kohr-Ah ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]