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How to add Samba user accounts

first add a linux user login

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useradd -d /home/stephen -s /bin/false -n stephen

then add a login password

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passwd stephen

Now add the Samba user and password

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smbpasswd -a stephen

The user name and password for the samba user should match the PC login name and password on the windows PC
see
http://www.samba.netfirms.com/addusers.htm