Samba, Creating user's to access shares

[ally_uk]

Hi there I am currently in the process of tinkering with Samba, I have a windows XP machine and a Debian Rig, both machines are communicating with each other fine

And I completed my first Samba config which is all working great.

[ global ]
workgroup = Dragon
security = SHARE
[ Plans ]
path = / plans
read only = Yes
guest ok = Yes

Currently as you can see from the above example, there is no security on the share and anyone can access the computer.

I want to know the procedure for creating a user and a password so that they can access the samba share.

Do I have to create a Samba user, Samba password, Linux user, and windows user? this is really confusing me.

Using the above example how would I go about creating a user called Bob to only have access to the samba shares.

Many Thanks

[b2bwild]

To add a user

# smbpasswd -a bob

and to change its password

# smbpasswd bob

type and confirm the password...Done.

edit:
make sure you have

smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd
security = user

under [global] in smb.conf

once you make share add this under your [<share>]

valid users = bob

and

public = no

[signmem]

[ global ]
workgroup = Dragon
security = USER
[ Plans ]
path = / plans
writable = yes
guest ok = No


add one linux system user by : useradd dragon
change system user to samba user by : samba -a draon
entype password: 123

so you can access samba from windows by using [user:draon, password:123]

any help?

[ally_uk]

Thank you for the replies, I havent had time tonight to test both solutions. But I will sitdown and have a tinker tommorow,

Regarding the Samba user configuration do I need to create a user on the windows box which matches the user created within smb.conf

I.e if I were to logon on my windows box as user and then try to access the samba shares and i'm greeted with the authentication prompt and I type in bobs credientials would it work, even though i'm using a different windows u/n

[b2bwild]

Yes, you can login in samba user account with other windows account.

[ally_uk]

Thank you all for your help, I shall experiment tonight and report back my smb.conf and progress.