Hi all

we've just inherited a school network that is running a fedora server (no 
GUI) and xp clients. I have added 2 new users using the useradd command and 
set the passwords but they cant logon. Can anyone assist with this problem?

Cheers

Richard Smith
Computer Solutions Ireland
Limerick
Ireland

Error message on XP?
Server logs error messages?

Sorry to not be more helpful.  I run a school's linux/xp network using SME 
Server.

You might check that the user exists for samba too.  Samba is the thing that 
deals with interacting with Windows.  Not too sure about the specifics, 
since my server adds the user automatically wherever they are supposed to go 
via a web page.

this may help though:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-unixothers/index.html


"Richard Smith"  wrote in message 
news:5NIXi.23023$j7.433792@news.indigo.ie...
> Hi all
>
> we've just inherited a school network that is running a fedora server (no 
> GUI) and xp clients. I have added 2 new users using the useradd command 
> and set the passwords but they cant logon. Can anyone assist with this 
> problem?
>
> Cheers
>
> Richard Smith
> Computer Solutions Ireland
> Limerick
> Ireland
>

Hi Joe

the only error message is at the xp end when i try to log in as the new user 
it just says couldnt log you on to the domain.

Cheers

Rich
"Joe Butler"  wrote in message 
news:472f6ef7$0$13929$fa0fcedb@news.zen.co.uk...
> Error message on XP?
> Server logs error messages?
>
> Sorry to not be more helpful.  I run a school's linux/xp network using SME 
> Server.
>
> You might check that the user exists for samba too.  Samba is the thing 
> that deals with interacting with Windows.  Not too sure about the 
> specifics, since my server adds the user automatically wherever they are 
> supposed to go via a web page.
>
> this may help though:
> http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-unixothers/index.html
>
>
> "Richard Smith"  wrote in message 
> news:5NIXi.23023$j7.433792@news.indigo.ie...
>> Hi all
>>
>> we've just inherited a school network that is running a fedora server (no 
>> GUI) and xp clients. I have added 2 new users using the useradd command 
>> and set the passwords but they cant logon. Can anyone assist with this 
>> problem?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Richard Smith
>> Computer Solutions Ireland
>> Limerick
>> Ireland
>>
>
>

Can you confirm that other users on the same machine can log onto the 
domain.  I.e. that the machine is recognised as part of the domain.  There 
are some really unclear messages with the whole linux/windows thing.  e.g. 
an unrecognised machine on the domain will retrurn an 'unknown user' message 
too.

I suspect though, that your pupil user does not exist as a samba user on the 
server.

"Richard Smith"  wrote in message 
news:DhKXi.23024$j7.434022@news.indigo.ie...
> Hi Joe
>
> the only error message is at the xp end when i try to log in as the new 
> user it just says couldnt log you on to the domain.
>
> Cheers
>
> Rich
> "Joe Butler"  wrote in 
> message news:472f6ef7$0$13929$fa0fcedb@news.zen.co.uk...
>> Error message on XP?
>> Server logs error messages?
>>
>> Sorry to not be more helpful.  I run a school's linux/xp network using 
>> SME Server.
>>
>> You might check that the user exists for samba too.  Samba is the thing 
>> that deals with interacting with Windows.  Not too sure about the 
>> specifics, since my server adds the user automatically wherever they are 
>> supposed to go via a web page.
>>
>> this may help though:
>> http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-unixothers/index.html
>>
>>
>> "Richard Smith"  wrote in message 
>> news:5NIXi.23023$j7.433792@news.indigo.ie...
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> we've just inherited a school network that is running a fedora server 
>>> (no GUI) and xp clients. I have added 2 new users using the useradd 
>>> command and set the passwords but they cant logon. Can anyone assist 
>>> with this problem?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Richard Smith
>>> Computer Solutions Ireland
>>> Limerick
>>> Ireland
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

yes any other user can log in. This is a new user that i raised using the 
adduser command

Rich
"Joe Butler"  wrote in message 
news:472f7276$0$8418$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...
> Can you confirm that other users on the same machine can log onto the 
> domain.  I.e. that the machine is recognised as part of the domain.  There 
> are some really unclear messages with the whole linux/windows thing.  e.g. 
> an unrecognised machine on the domain will retrurn an 'unknown user' 
> message too.
>
> I suspect though, that your pupil user does not exist as a samba user on 
> the server.
>
> "Richard Smith"  wrote in message 
> news:DhKXi.23024$j7.434022@news.indigo.ie...
>> Hi Joe
>>
>> the only error message is at the xp end when i try to log in as the new 
>> user it just says couldnt log you on to the domain.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Rich
>> "Joe Butler"  wrote in 
>> message news:472f6ef7$0$13929$fa0fcedb@news.zen.co.uk...
>>> Error message on XP?
>>> Server logs error messages?
>>>
>>> Sorry to not be more helpful.  I run a school's linux/xp network using 
>>> SME Server.
>>>
>>> You might check that the user exists for samba too.  Samba is the thing 
>>> that deals with interacting with Windows.  Not too sure about the 
>>> specifics, since my server adds the user automatically wherever they are 
>>> supposed to go via a web page.
>>>
>>> this may help though:
>>> http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-unixothers/index.html
>>>
>>>
>>> "Richard Smith"  wrote in message 
>>> news:5NIXi.23023$j7.433792@news.indigo.ie...
>>>> Hi all
>>>>
>>>> we've just inherited a school network that is running a fedora server 
>>>> (no GUI) and xp clients. I have added 2 new users using the useradd 
>>>> command and set the passwords but they cant logon. Can anyone assist 
>>>> with this problem?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Richard Smith
>>>> Computer Solutions Ireland
>>>> Limerick
>>>> Ireland
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Have you tried asking at www.edugeek.net? A lot of very knowledgable
people there, most in a school environment.

Cheers

In article <5NIXi.23023$j7.433792@news.indigo.ie>, Richard Smith
 writes
>Hi all
>
>we've just inherited a school network that is running a fedora server (no 
>GUI) and xp clients. I have added 2 new users using the useradd command and 
>set the passwords but they cant logon. Can anyone assist with this problem?
>
>Cheers
>
>Richard Smith
>Computer Solutions Ireland
>Limerick
>Ireland 
>
>

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>yes any other user can log in. This is a new user that i raised using the 
>adduser command

I have to echo Joe and say the same thing: you haven't added them as a samba
user.

Try:

smbpasswd -a username