Userguide not working for me

[Leonard Chatagnier]

> On 07/27/2007 02:07 PM, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > This dummy still having issues with  Unofficial
> Ubuntu
> > 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) Starter Guide at
> >
>
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty#How_to_add.2Fedit.2Fdelete_system_users
> > Following instructions as suggested, adding
> commands
> > literally as suggested, but they are not working
> as
> > follows:(Note: this on samba server part)
> > 
> > 
> > lchata at ubuntu:~$ sudo smbpasswd -a system_username
> 
> This would be:
> sudo smbpasswd -a lchata
> 
> That is all that you should need to do & it should
> work - lchata is the
> system_username,
> ubuntu is the user.
> 
> > New SMB password:
> > Retype new SMB password:
> > Failed to modify password entry for user
> > system_username
> > lchata at ubuntu:~$ sudo useradd lchata
> > useradd: user lchata exists
> > lchata at ubuntu:~$ sudo smbpasswd -a system_username
> > New SMB password:
> > Retype new SMB password:
> > Failed to modify password entry for user
> > system_username
> > lchata at ubuntu:~$  
> 
> Give that a try and then we'll move on from there.
> 
> Gary
> 
Gotcha, just wondering why some are literal and some
are what they mean.  Have gone through the quide and
will check out smbclient and map network drives again
and report back of results. thanks,



Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net