difficulties with smbpasswd

reaz82 · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2003 5:55 am Post subject: difficulties with smbpasswd

the first time i ever install gentoo things ran without a hitch..
i had samba up and running without any difficulties..
however due to other circumstances i had to reinstall gentoo..
and since then i have not been able to get samba running properly..

the problem i am facing is the smbpasswd command..
for some reason the program keeps notifying that
the passdb database could not be written too..
therefore i cant set passwords and therefore i can not log
into my own computer from another windows machine on
the net work..

please assume everything else is fine..
thanx

caffiend · n00b Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 48 Location: Oakland, CA

sounds like a permissions problem to me.

reaz82 · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2003 12:14 am Post subject:

well i'll look into that..
but i am trying to run smbpasswd as root..
so i doubt that is the problem..

any other reasons?

btw i havent been able to locate the password file..
does it come with the samba install or is it generated?

thanx

edit :
i got it working... i have to use smbpasswd -a 'username'

the '-a' option makes new entries.. i had used it earlier and forgot about it this time..