samba - Oct 2004 - Adding linux users to linux server with samba

Is there a way to add the linux user to the system on the fly while you 
run smbpasswd -a and even set the password so you do not have to do two 
steps or to have adduser or useradd add a user to smb by default with the 
same password if created.  Many of the users in a small business do not 
remember to add both and then get frustrated when they can't use the 
system to find it is because they did not add users to both places.

David.Grudek@anixter.com wrote:
> Is there a way to add the linux user to the system on the fly while you 
> run smbpasswd -a and even set the password so you do not have to do two 
> steps or to have adduser or useradd add a user to smb by default with the 
> same password if created.  Many of the users in a small business do not 
> remember to add both and then get frustrated when they can't use the 
> system to find it is because they did not add users to both places.
I think you need to add the following parameter in your smb.conf:

add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -s /bin/false %u

If you need to add ability to login into Linux system as well then 
change values of -d (user's home) and -s (user's shell) and add
'unix
password sync = yes' to have UNIX password to be the same as the Samba's
one.

Hope it helps,
Igor