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Old 04-01-2013, 01:12 AM   #1
mahesh08mane
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Unhappy Failed to add entry for user (SAMBA)

Failed to add entry for user (SAMBA)

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root@RHEL-2# smbpasswd -a raj
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:
Failed to add entry for user raj
 
Old 04-01-2013, 01:29 AM   #2
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hello,
create user first with the name of raj command is :-
#useradd raj

then follow your commands.......
 
Old 04-01-2013, 01:32 AM   #3
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I thought (smbpasswd -a) was a direct command to add a samba user
 
Old 04-01-2013, 02:53 AM   #4
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Don't think just do it and get back to me what you have got the results...
 
  


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