Topic: HELP! just erased smbpasswd

[Bruno Piche]

Was looking to solve an issue with my smb.conf and expanded the smbpasswd template by mistake. It completely wipped all content from my smbpasswd file. Is there a way to recreate it from either /home/e-smith/accounts or passwd? Thanks in advance.

[Bruno Piche]

I found that if I log into the server-manager and reset the password for a user it regenerates the smbpasswd file but I am still looking for a better way.

[Marc]

What I do BEFORE I do any mods to a file is this:

cp smb.conf smb.conf.bk01

Then you modify the file as you wish.

If you goof, you can always return back to the original file with a backout procedure.

cp smb.conf.bk01 smb.conf

I always prefer to prevent a problem than to fix a problem.

[Charlie Brady]

Bruno Piche wrote:

> I found that if I log into the server-manager and reset the
> password for a user it regenerates the smbpasswd file but I
> am still looking for a better way.

There isn't one.

Charlie

[ryan]

Just an idea....If you have a backup to desktop, you can use zip software to extract this file from the .gz backup file.  I have used winzip 8.1 for windows to extract files from my .gz backup...

ryan