Problems with smbpasswd-program

[Andrew Perrin - Demography]

Looks suspiciously similar to our problem:

#@boserup:/usr/LOCAL/samba/bin>./smbpasswd aperrin
...
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:
startsmbpwent: opening file /usr/LOCAL/samba/private/smbpasswd
./smbpasswd: Failed to open password file
/usr/LOCAL/samba/private/smbpasswd.
./smbpasswd: Error 0

using 1.9.19-prealpha on Solaris 2.6.  It will work the first time (i.e.,
when there's no smbpasswd file) but always bombs subsequent times.

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Andrew J. Perrin - aperrin at demog.berkeley.edu - NT/Unix Admin/Support
Department of Demography    -    University of California at Berkeley
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http://demog.berkeley.edu/~aperrin --------------------------SEIU1199

On Mon, 11 May 1998, Philipp Grau wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> i have some troubles with the current smpasswd program,
> here some output:
> 
> root at samba:~# smbpasswd root test
> smbpasswd: Failed to open password file /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd.
> smbpasswd: Address already in use.
> 
> root at samba:~# ls -l /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd
> -rw-------   1 root root    18767 May 11 11:05 /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd
> 
> root at samba:~# grep root /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd
> root:0:[...]:[...]:root:/root:/bin/bash
> 
> when I try is as root for for another user: same problem
> 
> When I try this for a maschine which is in /etc/passwd:
> 
> root at samba:~# smbpasswd -a -m bs8
> smbpasswd: Failed to open password file /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd.
> smbpasswd: Address already in use.
> 
> "user at samba:~$ smbpasswd" runs fine!!
> 
> What am I missing???
> Any hints??
> 
> \bye
> Philipp
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
>  Philipp Grau,   phgrau at wi-bw.tfh-wildau.de in Wildau
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