* add a samba user with a password
<code>
smbpasswd -a viki
password:
confirm password:
</code>

  * delete **root** user from samba, if you cannot delete the user using **smbpasswd -x root** try this:
<code>
pdbedit -x -u root
</code>
-x to delete user\\
-u to say which user

test to see if the user exists: **smbpasswd -x root** with the error message:\\
Failed to find entry for user root. (src: [[https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9981]])