Here is the screen :

root@JAC:/usr/local/samba/bin# ./smbpasswd -a JAC
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:
User JAC does not exist in system password file (usually /etc/passwd). Cannot add account without a valid local system user.
Failed to modify password entry for user JAC


I am stumped on this because, of course the user does not exist, I am trying to add a new user. My log files in var/samba/ don't help me either.

Any ideas ?

JC

You need to have a valid _Linux_ user to add an smb user.

Could you elaborate on that ?

JC

What he means is that the user has to be already in the system. You can't just add a new user to samba without them being in the system. For example, type this:

"useradd JAC"
"passwd JAC"

Enter the password for JAC. By doing this, you have just added user JAC to your system. Now, you are able to add JAC to your samba file.

"smbpasswd -a JAC"

Everything should go well at this point. Hope it clears up your confusion. BTW, these commands work for redhat. I dont have if the commands are the same for Slackware but I think you got my point

-twantrd

you need to have a user created before you can ad an smb user.

#useradd (username)

#passwd (username) (passsword)

then you can do

#smbadduser (username:username)

I was a bit late I guess... foget to send this out when I finished it lol

Thanks for the help everyone !

JC

Once again, thanks for the help ! Problem solved ! I ran into another problem, which I fixed, but would like to attatch to this post.

When the 'smb.conf' file had this entry :

'smb passwd file = /etc/passwd'

I would get these errors after trying to perform 'smbpasswd -a xxx' :

getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
mod_smbfilepwd_entry: malformed password entry (uid not number)
Password changed for user jac.
Failed to modify entry for user jac.
Failed to modify password entry for user jac

The fix was simply to change 'smb.conf' like this :

'smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd'

And then create a blank file in that directory called 'smbpasswd'.

It worked without any errors after that.

Does anyone know why it works that way ?
Just curious.

JC