ray's the expert on samba ;-)
http://raven.utc.edu/cgi-bin/WA.EXE?A2=ind0802C&L=HP3000-L&P=R2288

    - d

ps, depending on your samba version, you may need to be manager.sys (in the
shell, cd'd to /SAMBA/whatever) to successfully run smbpasswd.

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Donna Hofmeister
Allegro Consultants, Inc.
408-252-2330


> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Skeet, Nigel
> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 7:11 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [HP3000-L] SAMBA - Creation of smbpasswd file.
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Been playing around with Samba but can't figure out how to create the
> smbpasswd file. Would've thought it would build itself if it didn't
> exist but no, tried with the -a option and it tells me the /etc/passwd
> file doesn't exist. Tried without and it tells me the file doesn't
> exist, tried building the file manually with a dummy record and it
> tells me it's corrupt.
> 
> Any one know how to build this file ?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Nige...
> 
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