--- Derek Harding wrote: > It's easiest to create the YAST2 users then delete

their password fields in /etc/shadow, 'cos I don't thnik YAST2 allows null passwords - _however_ - have you tried Webmin? With Webmin the users can be streamed in from a text file, given null passwords and added to the SMB logins at the same time.

I'll give it a go :) Although, we use unencryted (plain text) passwords (gulp again - this is a primary school behind an LEA firewall - I know it's not bombproof) for Samba because the registry hack on the 15 Windows98 boxes seemed less overall admin then adding 600 users with that smbpasswd script. I didn't realise that Webmin could do that bit for you! Have I understood that correctly? I know none of this is ideal. Perhaps I could investigate encrypted passwords if Webmin did that easily? Thanks for the guidance and discussion so far... Off to purchase SuSE 8.1 now and give this a whirl. -- Matt __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com