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> Hi, |
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> I'm trying to setup a samba server on my gentoo system to share a few different |
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> directories. I want user authentication, so I can say user A has access to dir |
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> nr.1, user B to dir nr.1 and nr.2 etc. and appropriately set permissions on the |
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> gentoo server. |
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> I started by using the default samba config (smb.conf) shipped with the gentoo |
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> ebuild. In [global] I set |
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> security = user |
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> smb passwd file = /etc/samba/private/smbpasswd |
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> and in the shares I set |
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> public = no |
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> writeable = yes |
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> browseable = yes |
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> printable = no |
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> valid users = david |
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> When I try to create a smb user with smbpasswd -a it tells me |
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> # smbpasswd -a david |
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> New SMB password: |
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> Retype new SMB password: |
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> Failed to initialise SAM_ACCOUNT for user david. |
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> Failed to modify password entry for user david |
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> Can anyone guide me to a correct setup. My research on google and groups.google |
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> didn't help me much. |
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Just off the wall here, but is the david in the samba group? Check if |
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not add david to samba goup (/etc/group) and try again. |
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"When you say "I wrote a program that crashed Windows", people just |
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stare at you blankly and say "Hey, I got those with the system, for |
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free". - Linus Torvalds, 1995 |
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