The procedure is as follows to add a user to samba server:
[a] First add Linux/UNIX user using useradd/adduser command.
[b] Then use same user name to add to Samba share using smbpasswd command.
NOTE: Unlike Samba 3, Samba 4 does not require a local Unix user for each Samba user that is created. Please see this note for more info.
Step # 1: Add a user joe to UNIX/Linux system
adduser command adds user to the system according to command line options and configuration information in /etc/adduser.conf. They are friendlier front ends to the low level tools like useradd.
Type any one of the following command:
# useradd joe
# passwd joe
OR
adduser joe
Step # 2: Add a user to samba
Now user joe has account on Linux/UNIX box. Use smbpasswd command to specifies that the username following should be added to the local smbpasswd file:
# smbpasswd -a joe
Step # 3: Add a user to a Samba share
By default user gets access to /home/joe from windows system. Let us say you want to give joe access to /data/accounts (make sure directory /data/accounts exists) directory. Open /etc/samba/smb.conf file and add/modify share called [accounts]:
[accounts] comment = Accounts data directory path = /data/accounts valid users = vivek raj joe public = no writable = yes
Save the file.
Step #4: Restart the samba
# service smb restart
OR
# /etc/init.d/smb reload
A note about adding users on Samba version 4.x
Unlike Samba version 3.x and earlier, Samba version 4.x does not require a local Unix/Linux user for each Samba user that is created. The command is as follows for adding users into Samba Active Directory:
# /usr/local/samba/bin/samba-tool user add USERNAME-HERE
OR
# samba-tool user add USERNAME-HERE
Please see Samba AD DC howto for more info.
See also:
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Good info; worked as expected under CentOS 5.5
Thanks!
Dear Nixcraft,
Would you pls tell me how to do this without prompting win users for a password? I have been banging my head on wall over this Gentleman. Following is my smb.conf.
[global]
workgroup = MYGROUP
server string = Samba Server Version %v
security = share
passdb backend = tdbsam
load printers = yes
cups options = raw
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
writable = yes
; valid users = %S
; valid users = MYDOMAIN\%S
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
guest ok = no
writable = no
printable = yes
[ux_share]
comment = ux_share
writable = yes
path = /home/ux_share/share
guest ok = yes
browseable = yes
I have added a user called ux_share in the system and created the /home/ux_share/share with the right permission. And created the smbuser ux_share too. Now when I try to access the share from a winbox it prompts for the passw. Please help out Nixcraft. This share is likely to access by several winusers and i have no idea about thier workgroup names whatsoever. This is just a simple share im trying to publish just like an annonymous vsftpd account.
Regards
V
Good work
please reply ,
sir/madam
q) what are the steps to be followed to share a folder in Ubuntu and access it from different machine in the network for different clients (eg ,root ,admin ,student..)
thanking u …
Samba permission problem
/home can’t be accessed from windows client for samba.
/tmp can be accessed but /home can’t be accessed.
Any solution
@yubaraj :
1) restart winbind
2) chmod 777 -R /home
goodluck!
hello, i have a question here..
what a use of 2 user samba in same time…???
example i have 2 user samba, John and Billy..
and i created a folder name is ” Work “..
and then, how John and Billy user can access that folder ” Work ” at the same time…
pls reply this..
thank’s a lot…
valid users=John, Billy
i have made two samba users…
harsh & gaurav
…
and made an entry for “valid user ” under [ IT ]
.
I ACCESSED IT FOLDER FROM WINDOWS….ALL WORK FINE TILL HERE….
BUT IF I NOW WANTED TO ACCESS THE SAME IT FOLDER WITH ANOTHER USER …NOW IT IS NOT ASKING FOR ANY PASSWORD….IT JUST GIVING THE PREVIOUS FOLDER SCREEN….
PLZ SORT OUT MY PROBLEM…
Thanks a lot!
Your site make it easy! )
run this in command prompt
net use * /delete
This will clear all existing password cache and will prompt for password
thanks for your support this is very helpfull for my exam thanks
Perfect! Worked on Ubuntu 14.04 with latest SMB. Thank You Very Much!
Getting an error when trying to add a samba user:
bob@bob-K55A:~$ sudo samba-tool user add timebandit
New Password:
Retype Password:
ERROR(): Failed to add user ‘timebandit’: – unable to parse dn string
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/netcmd/user.py”, line 176, in run
uid=uid, uidnumber=uid_number, gidnumber=gid_number, gecos=gecos, loginshell=login_shell)
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/samdb.py”, line 343, in newuser
dnsdomain = ldb.Dn(self, self.domain_dn()).canonical_str().replace(“/”, “”)
bob@bob-K55A:~$
Any idea what to do?
I am also getting this error, did you ever find a solutions?
Worked on Ubuntu version 14.04.. thanks dude!
Hallo. what is wrong with me? samba-tool user add temp2 –home-directory=’\\ubuntu\home\temp2 is not creating home directory!
smb.conf:
[Users]
directory_mode: parameter = 0700
read only = no
path = /Users
csc policy = documents
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
read only = no
create mask = 0700
directory mask = 0700
valid users = %S
[home]
path = /Users/home/
read only = no
That last command to restart Samba, for me on Debian Jessie, was:
/etc/init.d/smbd reload
–or–
sudo /etc/init.d/smbd reload
m doing file sharing using SMB protocol on centos linux and when m trying to map the network drive it is asking for username and password…but the problem is that after creating different user and password it never accepts any of those….it only accepts the root username and root as the password…why only root..pls tell me how to solve this problem.