[Samba] change machine password

[Martin Petersen]

Tilo Lutz schrieb:
>>Tilo Lutz schrieb:
>>
>>>I use some programs to clone a windows workstation and
>>>duplicate it's image on other workstations.
>>>After cloning I change the workstation name and add a
>>>machine account on the samba pdc.
>>>Now I want to create a new password for the workstation
>>>account and store it.
>>>
>>>
>>>>Notebook:/etc/samba # smbpasswd -m test
>>>>Failed to set password for user test$.
>>>>Failed to modify password entry for user test$
> 
> 
> Am Sonntag, 3. Juli 2005 14:55 schrieb Martin Petersen:
> 
>>As far as I know You need to set a system account. smbpasswd gives this
>>error because of the missing user entry for test$ in /etc/passwd.
> 
> 
> No. The account exists:
> 
>>Notebook:/home/tilo # smbpasswd -a -m test
>>Added user test$.
>>Notebook:/home/tilo #
> 
> 
> Cheers, Tilo

So the system machine account exits but smbpasswd will not allow to 
create the samba user account for this machine?

After I've read Your first post again: Maybe the machine account doesn't 
even need a password but You only need to to add the account with 
smbpasswd -a -m test$?

I've set up a couple of Win32 domain members with cloning and my 
problems only occured with the clients and not the backend (e.g. get 
machine out of domain and bring in again).


Martin