[straightv6]

i'm trying to setup a user in samba but can't get this to run

root@AlphaSlack:/usr/local/samba/bin# ls
findsmb* pdbedit* smbclient* smbspool* tdbbackup* testprns*
net* profiles* smbcontrol* smbstatus* tdbdump* wbinfo*
nmblookup* rpcclient* smbcquotas* smbtar* tdbtool*
ntlm_auth* smbcacls* smbpasswd* smbtree* testparm*
root@AlphaSlack:/usr/local/samba/bin# smbpasswd -a stream
-bash: smbpasswd: command not found

[horndude]

samba daemon has to be running first I believe

[charles@pcfix]

try this
root@AlphaSlack:/usr/local/samba/bin#./smbpasswd -a stream

[straightv6]

Originally posted by charles@pcfix
try this
root@AlphaSlack:/usr/local/samba/bin#./smbpasswd -a stream

that worked, thanks a lot

what is the reason for the ./

[horndude]

./ is part of the BASH shell commands that tells it to run the program from the directory your in

[charles@pcfix]

The dot indicates the current directory and the slash is a separator between the directory name and filename. It is a security feature not to put your current directory on the PATH.

You should be able to run the cmd outside of the directory and not have to us the dot slash. Depending on if the directory that the file resides in is on your PATH.