[Samba] Documents in home folder 'Read Only'

[Gary Dale]

Dave Coventry wrote:
> Sorry: the user told me she was in, but she is using someone else's
> password. (her supervisor's)
>
> It's no longer that she can't write to her home directory: she can't
> log in at all now.
>
> tail /var/log/samba/log.reception
> [2010/01/13 16:07:33,  0] auth/pampass.c:smb_pam_accountcheck(791)
>   smb_pam_accountcheck: PAM: Account Validation Failed - Rejecting
> User patience!
> [2010/01/13 16:07:50,  0] auth/pampass.c:smb_pam_account(583)
>   smb_pam_account: PAM: UNKNOWN PAM ERROR (9) during Account
> Management for User: patience
> [2010/01/13 16:07:50,  0] auth/pampass.c:smb_pam_accountcheck(791)
>   smb_pam_accountcheck: PAM: Account Validation Failed - Rejecting
> User patience!
> [2010/01/13 16:08:32,  0] auth/pampass.c:smb_pam_account(583)
>   smb_pam_account: PAM: UNKNOWN PAM ERROR (9) during Account
> Management for User: patience
> [2010/01/13 16:08:32,  0] auth/pampass.c:smb_pam_accountcheck(791)
>   smb_pam_accountcheck: PAM: Account Validation Failed - Rejecting
> User patience!
>
> I have tried to reset her password using 'smbpasswd -a patience' to
> reset the password, but it doesn't work; she cannot access the server.
>   
Based on your earlier comment about capitalized names, I suggest you 
remove the account and rebuild it. It's possible that you've got it 
messed up beyond easy repair.