[Samba] problem with smbpasswd

[Yunus]

  thanks Shawn, your method worked.

> I just had this problem try smbpasswd -a it sounds kinda goofy but it 
> worked for me. But Im not using ldap.

 It would make sense that samba 
> wouldnt find it if your using ldap by using smbpasswd wouldnt you need 
> to use smbldap command for changing passwd.
> Just a thought

  Ya you are right, but my users are unable to join the samba server until i 
  do this. i.e. 

  smbpasswd -a testuser

thanks again 

bye

> Yunus wrote:
> 
> > hi list
> > 
> >   i have got a redhat 9 system with samba-3.0.2a installed running as a PDC.
> >   I am using the smbldap-tools-8.5 from idealx.org.
> > 
> >   now the problem is that  when i try to change change a user password using
> >   smbpasswd i get this:
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > [root at fileserver smb-pdc]#>/usr/local/samba/bin/smbpasswd testuser
> >   New SMB password:
> >   Retype new SMB password:
> >   Failed to find entry for user testuser.
> >   Failed to modify password entry for user testuser
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> >   I have another samba server running as PDC on another machine with the
> same
> >   configuration without trouble. I don't know whats wrong with this one.
> > 
> > 
> >   below is my smb.conf file
> > 
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > [global]
> >   workgroup = SMB-NT
> >   netbios name = PDC-SMB-MAGNET
> >   server string = SAMBA-LDAP PDC Server
> >   encrypt passwords = Yes
> >   passwd program = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-passwd -o %u
> >   passwd chat = *new*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *successfully*
> >   ldap passwd sync = Yes
> >   #unix password sync = Yes
> >   username map = /usr/local/samba/smbusers
> >   min passwd length = 3
> >   obey pam restrictions = No
> >   log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
> >   log level = 0 
> >   max log size = 10000
> >   socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
> >   mangling method = hash2
> >   Dos charset = 850
> >   Unix charset = ISO8859-1
> >   domain logons = Yes
> >   os level = 80
> >   preferred master = Yes
> >   domain master = True
> >   dns proxy = No
> >   wins support = Yes
> >   ; SAMBA-LDAP declarations
> >   ldap suffix = dc=magnet,dc=pdc
> >   ldap user suffix = ou=Users
> >   ldap group suffix = ou=Groups
> >   ldap machine suffix = ou=Computers
> >   ldap admin dn = cn=manager,dc=magnet,dc=pdc
> >   ldap idmap suffix = ou=Users
> >   ldap port = 389
> >   ldap server = 127.0.0.1
> >   ldap ssl = No
> >   ;printing = lprng
> >   ; Deactivate opportunistic locks (wised)
> >   ; opLocks = False
> >   ; encoding to french
> >   ;character set = iso8859-1
> >   ; using smbldap-tools to add machines
> >   add user script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-useradd -m %u
> >   #delete user script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-userdel "%u"
> >   add machine script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-useradd -w "%u"
> >   add group script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-groupadd -p "%g"
> >   #delete group script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-groupdel "%g"
> >   add user to group script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-groupmod -m "%u" "%g"
> >   delete user from group script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-groupmod -x "%u"
> "%g"
> >   set primary group script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-usermod -g "%g" "%u"
> >   ; users and groups allowed to be 'Domain Admins'
> >   ;admin users = " @"Domain Admins" "
> >    admin users = root
> > [homes]
> >   comment = Home Directories
> >   valid users = %S
> >   read only = No
> >   create mask = 0664
> >   directory mask = 0775
> >   browseable = No
> > [netlogon]
> >   comment = Network Logon Service
> >   path = /opt/samba/netlogon
> >   guest ok = Yes
> > [profiles]
> >   path = /opt/samba/profiles
> >   writeable = yes
> >   browseable = no
> >   create mode = 0644
> >   directory mode = 0755
> >   guest ok = yes
> > [printers]
> >   comment = All Printers
> >   path = /var/spool/samba
> >   printable = Yes
> >   browseable = No
> > [tmp]
> >   comment = Temporary file space
> >   path = /tmp
> >   read only = No
> >   guest ok = Yes
> > 
> > #[public]
> > #        comment = public
> > #        path = /home/
> > #        guest ok = Yes
> > #        read only = No
> > #        directory mask = 0775
> > #        create mask = 0664
> > -----------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> >  now i need some help from this list.
> > 
> >   Thanks in advance.
> > 
> >   yunus