Thanks the other post fixed my issue and sorry about the typo about smb export.
I have one other issue that i would like to get resolved if possible.
i like to add a user with a dot in the name first.last however, i get the following error. from this wiki pages, dots are supported
[snip] http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php/Un-Official_UnRAID_Manual
User name
The name should only consist of the characters a-z, 0-9, - (dash), _ (underscore), and . (dot). Please do not use any uppercase letters.
Jan 24 14:03:17 SERVER emhttp: shcmd (408): useradd -g users -d / -s /bin/false -c '' first.last |& logger
Jan 24 14:03:17 SERVER logger: useradd: invalid user name 'first.last'
Jan 24 14:03:17 SERVER emhttp: shcmd (409): chpasswd <<< first.last:"*****"
Jan 24 14:03:17 SERVER emhttp: _shcmd: shcmd (409): exit status: 1
Jan 24 14:03:17 SERVER emhttp: shcmd (410): smbpasswd -L -s -a first.last <<< "*****"$' '"*****"
Jan 24 14:03:17 SERVER emhttp: _shcmd: shcmd (410): exit status: 1