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Hi, all -- I am trying to write a script in which I can add users and their samba passwords easily and quickly.? It looks something like: ?? useradd -c "User Name" -g groupname -p unixpassword accountname ?? echo -e "smbpassword\nsmbpassword\n" | pdbedit -a -t -u accountname If I type the lines from the keyboard, it works fine.? However, when I try to execute the script, the

Hi -- I have what I hope is a minor configuration problem. My PDC is configured so that it works just fine. I am trying to set up an additional domain server (not PDC or BDC), so that students can get to the material on the server.? When I type "net use w: \\water\archive" (where water is the domain server and archive is a share), I invariably get the message that I need to input a

Hi, all -- I am trying to set up an additional domain server within? my network using SAMBA and LDAP.? There's a problem that I think is with LDAP.? If any of you have set up a system like this, I would appreciate your expertise. Question # 1:? My PDC, which controls the domain and SAMBA, should clearly use LDAP server.? Should the additional server use SAMBA server or client??

...nic-action %d [archive] ??????? comment = Archive files ??????? path = /archive ============================================================= Vista/XP can only use one username/password per server per instance. For instance after booting up XP, if you successfully connect to \\water\homes as peteclapham, then you can't connect to \\water\archive as joestudent because XP/Vista can't handle multiple connections with the different usernames/passwords to the same server. samba can only be configured to authenticate against one source.? be it smbpasswd, ldap, or tdbsam it can only be conf...