malformed password entry

[Tony Ricker]

Can you change the root passwd? If you can and you can not change any
other, try removing the file /etc/.pwd.lock and try changing a users
password. Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Tony

root wrote:

> NB
>
> I am using Samba 2.2.2-2
>
> On Sunday 04 November 2001  7:25 pm, you wrote:
> > # ./smbpasswd -a tlacc
> > New SMB password:
> > Retype new SMB password:
> > getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
> > getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
> > getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
> > getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
> > getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
> > getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
> > getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
> > getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
> > getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
> > getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
> > getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
> > getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
> > getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
> > getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
> > getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
> > getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
> > getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
> > getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
> > getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
> > getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
> > getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
> > getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
> > getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
> > getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
> > getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
> > getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
> > mod_smbfilepwd_entry: malformed password entry (uid not number)
> > Failed to modify entry for user tlacc.
> > Failed to modify password entry for user tlacc
> >
> > I cannot add or change any passwords with smbpasswd.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Su
>
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St. Louis University
Phone:  314.977.6844
E-mail: rickera2 at slu.edu
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