I've installed Samba on a fresh Ubuntu install. I run the commandsudo smbpasswd -a someuserNew SMB password:Retype new SMB password:Failed to add entry for user someuser.I've read that you need to setup a system user, or setup a normal user for someuser first. I have two questions.What is a system user?What the correct way to setup a vanilla smb only user with either a system user, or for someuser?
smbpasswd failed for new Samba install on fresh Ubuntu 11.04
ubuntu;users;samba
All you need is a normal user account; whatever you were reading probably said system user to distinguish from the samba user you're creating now. You can create a normal user with:$ useradd someuseruseradd takes miscellaneous options if you want to set things like homedir (-d), password (-p), etc. Once you've created the user account you should be able to make a new samba account. Note that giving them a regular account lets them connect to your system -- you can lock the account with:$ usermod -L someuser