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samba [2009/12/07 05:21] – 172.26.14.218samba [2010/05/22 14:19] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 <code># chown -R segoliadmin:icipe /export/home/segoli/ICIPE <code># chown -R segoliadmin:icipe /export/home/segoli/ICIPE
 # chmod o-rwx,g+s /export/home/segoli/ICIPE</code> # chmod o-rwx,g+s /export/home/segoli/ICIPE</code>
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 ===== Add users ===== ===== 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):+To use Samba a user must also have a Unix account.  Create the Unix account and add the user to any required groups before you attempt to create the Samba account. 
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 +Add the user:
 <code># useradd mkyalo</code> <code># useradd mkyalo</code>
 In ''/etc/passwd'', add the real name and group to the user's entry.  See before and after: In ''/etc/passwd'', add the real name and group to the user's entry.  See before and after:
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 <code># passwd mkyalo <code># passwd mkyalo
 # smbpasswd -a mkyalo</code> # smbpasswd -a mkyalo</code>
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 ===== Sync users and groups ===== ===== 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: 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:
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