Samba cannot add users

[aeonsoft]

I have a problem with my samba configuration, i'm not able to add users.

When I try to select a systemuser and fill out the other fields I get the error "Error: Incorrect system user <user>"

Where <user> is the username I filled in.

When I use the commandline tool smbpasswd -a <user> it did work.

System configuration:
- Plesk 8.0.0
- Freebsd 5.4
- Samba version 3.0.21b

Has anyone an idea how to fix this problem?

 

[mousehouse]

same problem here on 8.0.1 on freebsd.

any clues?

 

[twconnor]

Same problem...

 

[JZMatrix]

In order to add a Samba user via the Plesk interface you have to associate your Samba user with a valid system (OS Level) user account.

So to solve your problem you would either need to create a new user (useradd) within your OS and associate that account with the new Samba user, or associate your new Samba accounts with an existing user (eg. guest).