Setting up Samba file share

[iain1234]

Hello again all,

Sorry another problem from me that I am stuck on and don't know what to do now.

I am on: http://www.havetheknowhow.com/Configure ... lders.html


I have a user as part of the "users" and it has a password.

I click on : Samba Windows File Sharing > Convert Users > select user name and same error no matter what I press in that menu in webmin.

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Converting Unix users...

Failed to convert user : /usr/bin/pdbedit failed :
new password:retype new password:

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[Ian]

Hi Iain,

I've not come across this one before so I'll have to blag it. When you created the user in Webmin (ie. you clicked on System -> "Users and Groups" & clicked on "Create a new user") did you assign it a password and check the "Normal Password" option? And you're logged onto Webmin as root, right? If the answer's yes to both then I'm not sure what's going wrong, sorry.

Ian.