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How to create a SAMBA user in Ubantu

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http://lpilinux.com – If you are using Samba Server on your network, you will want to create users that have access to use it. There’s a very simple command structure on how to do so. I’m assuming that you’ve already installed Samba Server at this point. There are two steps to creating a user. First we’ll run the smbpasswd utility to create a samba password for the user. sudo smbpasswd -a Next, we’ll add that username to the smbusers file. sudo gedit (HowTos)

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Submitted by dayu on 03/21/2010 – Made popular on 03/21/2010

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