samba - Apr 1999 - getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)

Hi all

I am sure that there is some mention of this error in the docs somewhere but
I could not find it.
So, sorry for repeating it here.

I have installed samba 2.0.3 on solaris 2.5.1
I carried out all the tests described in the documentation. They were all
successful.
Bu from an NT server I can't do this

net use z: \\server_name\\tmp

System error 86 has occurred
The specified network passwd is not corrent

In the log files I have following lines.

[1999/04/13 12:17:21, 0] passdb/smbpass.c:getsmbfilepwent(184)
  getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
[1999/04/13 12:17:21, 1] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(500)
  Couldn't find user 'foobar' in smb_passwd file.
[1999/04/13 12:17:21, 3] smbd/error.c:error_packet(138)
  error packet at line 781 cmd=115 (SMBsesssetupX) eclass=2 ecode=2
[1999/04/13 12:17:21, 3] smbd/error.c:error_packet(143)
  error string = No such file or directory

I do have the smbpasswd file in the private directory with the correct user.
There is no uid with a negative number.

Please Help

thank you

Ameet Chaubal

What do these errors mean?  I have thousands of thease in each of the log files
in /var/log/samba/machinename.log
Question: How do I add the pcguest user to the smbpasswd file ( I didn't
know what password to assign to that user )

this could be the reason why I am having such a tough time accessing the samba
shares from my authorized machines.

[2001/09/30 22:10:37, 0] passdb/smbpass.c:getsmbfilepwent(302)
  getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
[2001/09/30 22:10:37, 0] passdb/smbpass.c:getsmbfilepwent(302)
  getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
[2001/09/30 22:10:37, 0] passdb/smbpass.c:getsmbfilepwent(302)
  getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
[2001/09/30 22:10:37, 0] passdb/smbpass.c:getsmbfilepwent(302)
  getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
[2001/09/30 22:10:37, 1] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(505)
  Couldn't find user 'pcguest' in smb_passwd file.

Thanks
-Tom
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what document should I be reading to figure out how to configure SAMBA so these
errors don't show up in /var/log/samba/servername.log

I added pcguest to smbpasswd -a pcguest  pw/guest and that didn't fix the
problem.  My network is a mix of Win2k and WinME

[2001/10/01 22:59:02, 0] passdb/smbpass.c:getsmbfilepwent(302)
  getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
[2001/10/01 22:59:02, 0] passdb/smbpass.c:getsmbfilepwent(302)
  getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
[2001/10/01 22:59:02, 0] passdb/smbpass.c:getsmbfilepwent(302)
  getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
[2001/10/01 22:59:02, 0] passdb/smbpass.c:getsmbfilepwent(302)
  getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
[2001/10/01 22:59:02, 0] passdb/smbpass.c:getsmbfilepwent(302)
  getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
[2001/10/01 22:59:02, 0] passdb/smbpass.c:getsmbfilepwent(302)
  getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)

[root@spagetti samba]# cat /etc/samba/smb.conf
# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1)
# Date: 2001/09/21 22:28:58

# Global parameters
[global]
        netbios name = SPAGETTI
        server string = Samba Server
        interfaces = localhost 192.168.1.10/24
        security = DOMAIN
#       security = SHARE
        encrypt passwords = Yes
#       smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd 
        map to guest = Bad User
        null passwords = Yes
        ssl CA certFile = /usr/share/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
        debug level = 1
        syslog = 3
        log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
        max log size = 0
        socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
        dns proxy = No
        guest account = pcguest
        hosts allow = 192.168.1.

[printers]
        comment = ALL Printers
        path = /var/spool/lpd/lp
        create mask = 0700
        guest ok = Yes
        printable = Yes
        browseable = No

[homes]
        comment = Home Directories
        path = /usr/pub
        writeable = Yes
        hosts allow = 192.168.1.  127.0.0.1
        max connections = 100
        write cache size = 100

[web]
        comment = generic web folders
        path = /var/www/html
        writeable = Yes
        hosts allow = 192.168.1.  127.0.0.1
        max connections = 100
        write cache size = 100

[web2]
        comment = toms web folders
        path = /usr/pub/www/tombartos
        writeable = Yes
        hosts allow = 192.168.1.  127.0.0.1
        max connections = 100
        write cache size = 100

[Epson880]
        path = /var/spool/lpd/lp
        writeable = Yes
        guest ok = Yes
        printable = Yes
        print command = lpr -r -h -P %p %s
        printer = lp
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