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