On 24/07/2019 13:25, Fokke Nauta wrote:
> On 24/07/2019 12:37, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> On 24/07/2019 08:32, Fokke Nauta wrote:
>>> On 23/07/2019 22:52, Lew Pitcher wrote:
>>
>>>> For what it's worth, you can use the smb.conf(5) "username map" option
>>>> (see
>>>>
https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/current/man-html/smb.conf.5.html#USERNAMEMAP)
>>>>
>>>> to map specific Linux usernames to specific Windows usernames. With
>>>> this,
>>>> you can have "Fokke Nauta" as your Windows username, and
>>>> "fokke_nauta" (or any
>>>> other acceptable Unix username) as your Linux username.
>>>>
>> 
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>> But I already have a Linux username: pi.
>>> I thought I should be able to use this account to log in.
>>
>> You should, but windows wont let you.
>>
>> What you need to do is map 'Fokke Nauta' in smb land to 'pi' in linux
>> land.
>>
>> i.e. in smb.conf under [global] add a line like
>>
>> [global]
>>      username map = /usr/local/samba/private/usermap.txt
>>
>>
>> and create that file (as root) and put in it...
>>
>>
>> pi = "Fokke Nauta"
>>
>
> OK.
> I thought I'll first create the text file.
> I used sudo nano /usr/local/samba/private/usermap.txt
> And inserted the text pi = "Fokke Nauta"
> When I tried to save it, it says Error: file or folder doesn't exist.
> When I looked, I found there was no folder called samba in /usr/local. I
> wasn't able to create it as I did not have the rights to do so.
> So I thought I'll do it differently: created a folder samba in /home/pi.
> Then: sudo nano /home/pi/samba/usermap.txt and inserted pi = "Fokke
> Nauta". Saved it.
> Then in smb.conf under [global]: username map = /home/pi/samba/usermap.txt
> Restarted samba
>  From my Win 10 pc I tried to log is as pi with the password: No way.
> Then logging in as Fokke Nauta with the password: No way.
>
> Tough job ...
>
make the password for 'pi' the same as the password for 'Fokke Nauta' on
windows.

>


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