smbpasswd doesn't change passwort

[Gerald Carter]

Marco Goebenich wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> When I enter smbpaswd as a normal user iget 
> the following error:
> 
> Connecting to 127.0.0.1 at port 139
> machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the password change: Error was 
> : The specified password is invalid. Failed to change 
> password for mgoeben
> 
> and in the logs I got:
> 
> I think here is the error:
> [2000/08/16 18:39:58, 2] smbd/chgpasswd.c:expect(236)
>   expect: Input/output error
> [2000/08/16 18:39:58, 3] smbd/chgpasswd.c:talktochild(266)
>   Response 3 incorrect

This is because you have 'password program' and
'unix passwd sync' enabled but not 'passwd chat'.

The lines above are trying to change you UNIX 
passwd, not the smbpasswd entry.  Are you sure the 
smbpasswd entry is no changed?

>     encrypt passwords = Yes
>     unix password sync = Yes
>     passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd





Cheers, jerry
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