samba - Mar 2009 - failed to create users error

Hi All,

    When I have my smb.conf set to "passdb backend = tdbsam",
I get the following errors when "foo" tried to browse
a share:


[2009/03/29 19:44:02, 0] auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_administrators(792)
   create_builtin_administrators: Failed to create Administrators
[2009/03/29 19:44:02, 0] auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_users(758)
   create_builtin_users: Failed to create Users
[2009/03/29 19:44:02, 0] auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_administrators(792)
   create_builtin_administrators: Failed to create Administrators
[2009/03/29 19:44:02, 0] auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_users(758)
   create_builtin_users: Failed to create Users

doing a "pdbedit -L" shows both the user that tried to browse
and his machine name.

I created my tdbsam backend with "pdbedit -i smbpasswd -e tdbsam".

What am I missing?

-T

MargoAndTodd wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
>    When I have my smb.conf set to "passdb backend = tdbsam",
> I get the following errors when "foo" tried to browse
> a share:
> 
> 
> [2009/03/29 19:44:02, 0] 
> auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_administrators(792)
>   create_builtin_administrators: Failed to create Administrators
> [2009/03/29 19:44:02, 0] auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_users(758)
>   create_builtin_users: Failed to create Users
> [2009/03/29 19:44:02, 0] 
> auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_administrators(792)
>   create_builtin_administrators: Failed to create Administrators
> [2009/03/29 19:44:02, 0] auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_users(758)
>   create_builtin_users: Failed to create Users
> 
> doing a "pdbedit -L" shows both the user that tried to browse
> and his machine name.
> 
> I created my tdbsam backend with "pdbedit -i smbpasswd -e
tdbsam".
> 
> What am I missing?
> 
> -T
>
More info: I get the above error and XP users can not
browser the shares (although they can see the share names)
if I have in my smb.conf:

    passdb backend = tdbsam
    idmap backend = tdb

If I comment out "idmap backend", happy camping
returns.

Since "man smb.conf" states that "idmap backend = tdb"
is the default, I am MAJOR CONFUSED.  :'(

What is going one?

Many thanks,
-T

Dale Schroeder wrote:
> Todd,
> 
> If you haven't already, you should read this section of the Samba
How-to:
> http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/ServerType.html
Hi Dale,

I had a feeling I was mixing server types.  I will read your reference.
Thank you for the tip,

-T