The UNIX/Linux system has to have an account in some means whether this account is in the flat file /etc/passwd or in LDAP which maps to the samba user.
Craig On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 17:14 -0800, Patrick Topping wrote: > Craig, > > Thanks for the info. So I am going to need to create an account on > the Linux server in order to add the user via smbpasswd right? Thanks > for your help. > > -Patrick > > > On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 15:09 -0700, Craig White wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 10:18 -0800, Patrick Topping wrote: > > > I am trying to get samba to use its local users and passwords file and > > > not the UNIX /etc/password file. Is this possible? I would like to be > > > able to have users on the samba shares but not in the /etc/password > > > file. If I am trying to do the impossible please let me know... Thanks > > > in advance for any help. > > > > > ---- > > you are trying to do the impossible > > > > Craig > > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba