Hi !

I can see my Samba from my Win machine, but i can't log in.
I get this message in the samba log for the user i try to log in as:
"[2003/09/04 19:22:29, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.cdb_getsampwnam(1369)
unable to open passdb database."

Using RH 9 and shadowed passwords (had some problems before with the shadowed passwords)

I dont have the /etc/samba/smbpasswd file.
Do i have to create, since i want to use the users system pwd ?
If so how should it look.

My config:

[global]

workgroup = Home

server string = Samba
hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127.0.0.1
printcap name = /etc/printcap
load printers = no

printing = cups

log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log

max log size = 200

security = user

encrypt passwords = yes
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd

unix password sync = Yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*

pam password change = yes

obey pam restrictions = yes

socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = yes
writable = yes
valid users = %S
create mode = 0664
directory mode = 0775

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
guest ok = no
writable = no
printable = yes

Yes, you need the smbpasswd file. Samba authenticates it's shares through the smbpasswd file. Once samba says that it is ok for a user to access the share, it checks locually too. So you need to set local access rights to.

The smbpasswd is usually in the /etc/samba or /etc/samba/private directory. Make sure that when you create it that you chmod 700 smbpasswd and chown root smbpasswd to it.

Thanks,
Worked =)