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Re: SSH, Samba, smbnetsec and chmod


> Thanks for the quick response.
>
> I will have to wait for the network admin to make the Samba changes.  I
> am anxious to see if that solves my problem.
>
> For the final response, I do have a comment.  My user and group ARE in
> the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files.  I mentioned that is my problem
> description.  However since I am using Samba, I have another user
> account for the remote box hosting Samba.  Did you mean for me to put
> that remote user/group into my /etc/passwd(group) files?

You need to add the username and group (that you access Samba with) to
/etc/passwd and /etc/group respectively. See `man mkpasswd' and `man
mkgroup' for details.

> [...]
> > Also make sure the user and group you're logging in as are in
> /etc/passwd
> > and /etc/group respectively.

Elfyn


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