On Wed, 24 Jul 2019 20:39:23 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> The point s it is not really a linux issue. Its a windows issue. and
> saying 'I dont understand Linux' when he means 'I dont understand
> Windows' is not exactly conducive to further assistance
>
Its a bit of both, but only because somebody on Redmond thought it would
be good idea to change Windows behavior, probably just because he could,
and this has been compounded by the OPs lack of Linux knowledge and
failure to read Samba docs well enough to find that different usernames
mapping has been a known, documented and solved problem since at least
2000 - my copy of O'Reilly's "Samba", (c) 2000 covers it.

> Everything that has been said, could have been gleaned by careful
> internet research.
>
... yes - a web search for "Samba" produced the Wikipedia reference as
the 4th item in the results list and that articles' External Link is a
reference to the Samba home website.

The OP would probably be a lot further on if he had a copy of either

"Linux in a Nutshell"

or the

"Linux Pocket Guide"

simply because most people get on better once they realise that Linux
essentially reverses the relationship between GUI and command line
compared with Windows: in Linux the desktop is really a fancy cover for
the command line while in Windows the command line is only there so you
can do stuff the GUI developers couldn't be arsed to implement - at least
thats how it often seems to me, though I accept that PowerShell may have
changed the balance in recent Windowses, but I digress...

Either book I mentioned should point him at the 'man' and 'apropos'
commands and with that, which are the key to finding useful commands.
Similarly, if you're using Raspbian, you should have bookmarks for

www.debian.org   - the mother lode for Debian Linux, which contains

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ - the Debian
reference manual

http://wiki.debian.org/ - the Debian wiki


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