samba and virtual users (no local accounts)

[redhatdude at bellsouth.net]

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com>
>
> On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 01:01 +0000, redhatdude at bellsouth.net wrote:
> > 
> > -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > From: redhatdude at bellsouth.net
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > Is it possible to create a smb user without having to create a system user for 
> > > it?
> > Using the command smbpasswd -a NewUser fails with error: Failed to modify 
> > > password entry for user NewUser.
> I entered "encrypt password = yes" and "smb passwd file = 
> /etc/samba/smbpasswd" 
> > > in my smb.conf and still doesn't work.
> > > Anyone knows the answer? Please help.
> > > EJ
> > > 
> > 
> > Ur?!!! Help, anybody?
> ----
> No - a samba user MUST be a posix user also.
> 
> Craig
> 

Thanks for replying Craig.
So what's the best approach if I need a lot of smb accounts and I don't want to clutter my /home partition with users' home folders?
EJ