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jeezus84
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Joined: 02 Jan 2005
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Location: Canadia
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 Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 3:15 pm Post subject: smbpasswd not working |
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Heya,
I'm trying to set up samba and I'm getting this error message when I try to add a user.
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theMotherland ~ # smbpasswd jeezus84
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:
Failed to find entry for user jeezus84.
Failed to modify password entry for user jeezus84
theMotherland ~ #
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So.. what's the deal? |
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magic919
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Location: Berkshire, UK
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| Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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| smbpasswd -a username |
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badchien
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| Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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| you need to use the -a flag if you are adding a new user. |
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jeezus84
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| Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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| d'oh. thanks. |
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