Where is smbpasswd file?

[bilkay]

I'm having problems getting samba functioning in FC-8. On my old RH-9 installation, the smbpasswd file was in /etc/samba. There's a smbpasswd file in /etc/samba in FC-8 but when I try to add a user:

$ smbpasswd -a username
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:
$

It goes as if the user is added, but smbpasswd remains empty and the file smbusers doesn't have username added.

Then:

$ smbclient //yourhostname/aservice # (from samba HOWTO with appropriate substitutions)
session setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE

Why does the /etc/samba/smbpasswd file remain empty after supposedly adding a user? Is the actual password file somewhere else?

The samba HOWTO doesn't seem to have any information on what that error means or what to do to correct it.

[Mektub]

Originally Posted by bilkay

I'm having problems getting samba functioning in FC-8. On my old RH-9 installation, the smbpasswd file was in /etc/samba. There's a smbpasswd file in /etc/samba in FC-8 but when I try to add a user:

$ smbpasswd -a username
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:
$

It goes as if the user is added, but smbpasswd remains empty and the file smbusers doesn't have username added.

The smb passwd file is stored where the entry 'smb passwd
file' in /etc/samba.smb.conf points to.

If you dont have any it will take a default, in my case '/var/lib/samba/privete/smbpasswd'.

You can find your value with:

 testparm -v | grep passwd

Mektub