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--- samba [2009/11/13 07:59] – 172.26.0.166
+++ samba [2009/12/07 05:23] – 172.26.14.218
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 <code># chown -R segoliadmin:icipe /export/home/segoli/ICIPE
 # chmod o-rwx,g+s /export/home/segoli/ICIPE</code>
 ===== Add users =====
-Add users using useradd, then edit their account information to list their group affiliation (for reference, since three years down the line we'll have too many users and have no clue who they are):
+Add users in two steps:
+  * Unix account (using ''useradd'')
+  * Samba account (using swat or ''smbpasswd'')
+<note important>It is important that you add the Unix account and set the password first, or else Samba will complain!</note>
 <code># useradd mkyalo</code>
 In ''/etc/passwd'', add the real name and group to the user's entry.  See before and after:
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 # id mkyalo
 uid=755(mkyalo) gid=755(mkyalo) groups=755(mkyalo),10003(iita)</code>
+Set the user's Unix and Samba passwords:
+<code># passwd mkyalo
+# smbpasswd -a mkyalo</code>
 ===== Sync users and groups =====
 It is very important to synchronize the user and group information from the head node to the compute nodes.  Rocks has a command for this:
 <code># rocks sync users</code>
-This will, among other things:
+This will automatically:
   * Copy ''/etc/passwd'', ''/etc/shadow'' to the compute nodes
   * Copy ''/etc/group'', ''/etc/gshadow'' to the compute nodes
   * Add NFS automount information to ''/etc/auto.home''
-This is a good thing.
 ===== Set ACLs =====