i am trying to start my samba. I follow the book RedHat Linux 7.2 bible in setting up samba configuration, adding samba and start the samba.
Along the line I have problem when I typed # cat /etc/passwd | /usr/bin/mksmbpasswd.sh > /etc/samba/smbpasswd. Well I cant find any file called mksmbpasswd.sh in that directory so is when i typed samba start to start samba.
Anyone please help me !!! I am trying to connect my win2k with my linux box and gradually increasing the number of windows comp into the network. Thanks in advance.

I found this information on the O'reilly book website:

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba...k/ch06_04.html

6.4.2.1 Adding entries to smbpasswd
There are a few ways you can add a new entry to the smbpasswd file:

You can use the smbpasswd program with the -a option to automatically add any user that currently has a standard Unix system account on the server. This program resides in the /usr/local/samba/bin directory.

You can use the addtosmbpass executable inside the /usr/local/samba/bin directory. This is actually a simple awk script that parses a system password file and extracts the username and UID of each entry you wish to add to the SMB password file. It then adds default fields for the remainder of the user's entry, which can be updated using the smbpasswd program later. In order to use this program, you will probably need to edit the first line of the file to correctly point to awk on your system.

In the event that the neither of those options work for you, you can create a default entry by hand in the smbpasswd file. The entry should be entirely on one line. Each field should be colon-separated and should look similar to the following:


dave:500:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:[U ]:LCT-00000000:
This consists of the username and the UID as specified in the system password file, followed by two sets of exactly 32 X characters, followed by the account flags and last change time as it appears above. After you've added this entry, you must use the smbpasswd program to change the password for the user.



You may want to note that the directories for redhat are not the same as the ones in the paragraph above. On my box, the bin directory for Samba is /usr/bin, not /usr/local/samba/bin. It depends on whether you use a stock samba setup from your distro or download samba from the internet as to where it sets up.

Something else that may help. When you get a program that does not seem to run, see if:

1. the program exists and
2. the correct path if it does exists.

For example, sonce your not sure about this mksmbpasswd.sh shell script, type in:

find / -name mksmbpasswd.sh

to see if it exists anywhere on the machine at all. Then you could adjust your path in your statement if neccesary.