[Samba] users can't set smbpasswd, root can

[John H Terpstra]

On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, Herb Lewis wrote:

> The entry you are showing is NOT for no password but for a disabled
> password.
>
> It should look like the following if there is no password
>
> test:207:NO PASSWORDXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:NO
> PASSWORDXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:

True, but the complaint appears valid as it is true a user can not in
2.2.7a change their own password. Try it, you will see. I just emailed JRA
with this exact problem.

My account has a valid password. Here is the sequence of events:

jht at frodo:~> smbpasswd jht
Old SMB password:
machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the password change: Error was : RAP86: The
specified password is invalid.
Failed to change password for jht

jht at frodo:~> smbpasswd -r frodo jht
Old SMB password:
machine frodo rejected the password change: Error was : RAP86: The
specified password is invalid.
Failed to change password for jht

The password change works fine if I do it as root.

- John T.

>
>
>
> Dan Kirkpatrick wrote:
> >
> > I just created a new smbpasswd file, all users with unset passwords.
> > Problem is, users can't set their passwords, only I can as root.
> > Password is not set / blank, but they still get:
> >
> > >test> smbpasswd
> > >Old SMB password: <enter>
> > >New SMB password: Samba
> > >Retype new SMB password: Samba
> > >machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the password change: Error was : RAP86: The
> > >specified password is invalid.
> > >Failed to change password for cas
> > >test>
> >
> > entry for "cas" in smbpasswd is:
> > test:207:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:[U
> > ]:LCT-00000000:test user
> >
> > smb.conf has:
> > encrypt passwords = yes
> > smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
> >
> > Works fine when changed as root, so everything else seems to be set ok....
> >
> > ideas?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > PS... any way to make the smbpasswd file using everyones unix password
> > that's already set?
> >
> > =======================================================
> > Dan Kirkpatrick                   dkirk at physics.syr.edu
> > Computer Systems Manager
> > Department of Physics
> > Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
> > http://www.physics.syr.edu/help/    Fax:(315) 443-9103
> > =======================================================
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John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org