[CentOS] How do I change passwords / remove users for Samba?

Kevin Thorpe kevin at pibenchmark.com
Tue Jun 23 10:39:20 UTC 2009


On 23/06/2009 11:34, Kevin Thorpe wrote:
> Sorry, I've still got problems.
>
> I'm trying to set up a new Samba user. I've done useradd to put them in
> passwd, I've done smbpasswd to set a samba password. They're in the
> required group (spendtrak) for this share. I've even restarted samba.
> When I try and connect to the share with 'connect using a different
> username' form XP it just keeps asking me for the password. I can
> connect to the share as myself, but not if I define myself as the
> 'different user name'. Is there a log anywhere which will tell me what's
> going wrong with the login.
>
> Sorry, but this is frustrating the hell out of me.
>
>
>    # share for spendtrak
> [spendtrak]
>           comment = Spendtrak Files
>           path = /home/spendtrak
>           writable = yes
>           printable = no
>           valid users = +spendtrak
>           force group = spendtrak
>           create mode = 0660
>           create mask = 0660
>           force create mode = 0660
>           directory mode = 0770
>           directory mask = 0770
>           force directory mode = 0770
>           inherit permissions = yes
>
>    
Well smbclient seems to work fine so I guess it's Windows at fault (as 
per bloody usual).



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