[Samba] smbpasswd problem with LDAP

[Marcel Beltz]

i have a running samba with ldap for user-managment. i guess i had the 
same problem. can you pipe the output of the following

ldapsearch -LLL "uid=william"

to me? maybe i can help you

marcel beltz

Am Montag, 25.11.02, um 17:04 Uhr (Europe/Berlin) schrieb Tom Palmaers:

> Hello,
>
> I have installed / configured samba-ldap (compiled SAMBA_2_2 from CVS)
>
> Whe i try to change the password for the root user, there is no 
> problem.
> If i try to change the password of an ordinary user, i get the
> error:
>
> nas:~# smbpasswd -U william
> New SMB password:
> Retype new SMB password:
> No user to modify!
> Password changed for user william.
> Failed to modify entry for user william.
> Failed to modify password entry for user william
>
> Ok, so i ran it with debugging on:
>
> -- CUT --
> load_unix_unicode_map: ISO8859-1 (init_done=0, override=0)
> load_unicode_map: loading unicode map for codepage ISO8859-1.
> New SMB password:
> Retype new SMB password:
> ldap_open_connection: starting...
> Initializing connection to localhost on port 389
> ldap_open_connection: connection opened
> ldap_connect_system: Binding to ldap server as
> "cn=root,ou=hasselt.be,o=hasselt,c=be"
> ldap_connect_system: succesful connection to the LDAP server
> ldap_search_one_user: searching
> for:[(&(cn=william)(objectclass=sambaAccount))]
> get_single_attribute: [uid] = [william]
> Entry found for user: william
> -- CUT -- 
>
> Here we see that the correct user was found...
>
> But then:
>
> -- CUT --
> get_single_attribute: [pwdLastSet] = [1]
> get_single_attribute: [logonTime] = [0]
> get_single_attribute: [logoffTime] = [0]
> get_single_attribute: [kickoffTime] = [0]
> get_single_attribute: [pwdCanChange] = [0]
> get_single_attribute: [pwdMustChange] = [0]
> get_single_attribute: [cn] = [william]
> get_single_attribute: [homeDrive] = [<does not exist>]
> homeDrive fell back to
> get_single_attribute: [smbHome] = [<does not exist>]
> Home server: NAS
> smbHome fell back to \\NAS\william
> get_single_attribute: [scriptPath] = [<does not exist>]
> scriptPath fell back to
> get_single_attribute: [profilePath] = [<does not exist>]
> Home server: NAS
> profilePath fell back to \\NAS\william\profile
> get_single_attribute: [description] = [<does not exist>]
> get_single_attribute: [userWorkstations] = [<does not exist>]
> get_single_attribute: [rid] = [500]
> get_single_attribute: [primaryGroupID] = [512]
> init_sam_from_ldap: User [william] does not ave a uid!
> ldap_open_connection: starting...
> Initializing connection to localhost on port 389
> ldap_open_connection: connection opened
> ldap_connect_system: Binding to ldap server as
> "cn=root,ou=hasselt.be,o=hasselt,c=be"
> ldap_connect_system: succesful connection to the LDAP server
> ldap_search_one_user: searching 
> for:[(&(cn=)(objectclass=sambaAccount))]
> No user to modify!
> Password changed for user william.
> Failed to modify entry for user william.
> Failed to modify password entry for user william
> -- CUT --
>
> Here we all notice that it connect's again to the ldap and then 
> searches
> for [(&(cn=)(objectclass=sambaAccount))].
>
> cn= does not exist and thus return no users. Why doesn't smbpasswd put
> cn=william in there ???
>
> Does anyone know a solution to this problem ???
>
> Greetings,
>
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>
> Tom Palmaers
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marcel beltz

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