Hello? Is there anyone in there? Is there anyone at home?
Can anyone help me out here?

THanks

You need to add the user accounts in two steps. The first step adds the user to the /etc/passwd file and the second adds the user to the /etc/samba/smbpasswd file. The first file is the Linux password file and the second is the Samba password file.

To add the users to the Linux password file type:

useradd ikw38

To give the user a password type:

passwd ikw38


To add the user to the Samba password file type:

smbpasswd -a ikw38


You will also need to add the Windows 2000/XP machines to the password files. Let us assume that the Windows 2000 machine is called WS-1.

useradd -d /dev/null -c "WS-1" -s /bin/false WS-1$

The dollar sign at the end tells Linux that it is a computer account. Then type:

passwd -l WS-1$

Next add the workstation to the Samba password file:

smbpasswd -a -m WS-1.

Note that you don't need the dollar sign here.

Try that and let me know what happens. The IBM tutorial has the whole process in more detail.

Jamrock,
This is what I get--

[root@SMIS root]# useradd -d /dev/null -c "PLATO" -s /bin/false PLATO $
usage: useradd [-u uid [-o]] [-g group] [-G group,...]
[-d home] [-s shell] [-c comment] [-m [-k template]]
[-f inactive] [-e expire ] [-p passwd] [-M] [-n] [-r] name
useradd -D [-g group] [-b base] [-s shell]
[-f inactive] [-e expire ]
[root@SMIS root]# useradd -d /dev/null -c "PLATO" -s /bin/false PLATO$
useradd: invalid user name 'PLATO$'
[root@SMIS root]# useradd -d /dev/null -c "PLATO" -s /bin/false PLATO $
usage: useradd [-u uid [-o]] [-g group] [-G group,...]
[-d home] [-s shell] [-c comment] [-m [-k template]]
[-f inactive] [-e expire ] [-p passwd] [-M] [-n] [-r] name
useradd -D [-g group] [-b base] [-s shell]
[-f inactive] [-e expire ]
What do you think??
Thanks

Does anyone have a suggestion as to why I can't get my W2K box to join this Domain????
AS you can see I just about teid everything. THis is plain wierd...

Help would be apreciated.

ikw38

I've the same problems with samba
Look at this post http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=376980
even I'm almost coping from this book http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/...ple/index.html browse this book may be you fix it but let me know please

I had the same problem. I changed security from user to domain. Then new warn appears.
Server's Role (logon server) NOT ADVISED with domain-level security

Then I went back to user level security. Now I don't see any err or warn msgs.