Hi

I found out that modifiying all sorts of parameters means very little.
The only thing that works is to use pdbedit
pdbedit --user=<username> --create
it will prompt for the users password.
which manipulates the backend database. (whetever that is defined to be) and confirm with
pdbedit -L
which should list all users in the backend database

When you introduce users you create them and then
preferably at the same time assign a password.

NOTE: smbpasswd -a <username> may also be
used to create the user. To reset the passwd you
smbpasswd <username>

You would do this on a LINUX machine running SAMBA.
Of course if your server is not LINUX or UNIX ??

Active directory is a real hassle. Once you run DNS
and tell the Windows machine to use Active Directory
as well - then you can no longer run a successful
'export (DNS zones) to file', because it gets exported all right
but to a container within AD. SIGH!!!

Now if your AD hickups then so does your DNS server
and that can be really scary.

Kind Regards
Helpful.