Problems with smbpasswd

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Andy Smith wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 24, 1999 at 07:16:29PM +1000, Nick Tan wrote:
> > 
> > I am using the CVS version of samba and I am trying to set up a PDC.
> > However when I try to use smbpasswd I get the following errors:
> > 
> > cli_connect_serverlist: Domain password server not available
> > get_member_domain_sid: Unable to initialise client connection
> > Can't setup password database vectors.
> 
> As a followup, I get the same problem, but have worked around it by
> using an old version of smbpasswd which I had from a previous
> compilation.
> 
> More importantly, I am trying to chase through a much more serious problem
> with entries in the smbpasswd file.  I am using sparc-solaris 2.5.1 BTW, you
> haven't mentioned your environment?
> 
> o  we using files for password lookup (nsswitch.conf) even though we
>    run NIS for other services (autohome)
> o  we have 2000 entries in password file
> o  we have 600 entries in smbpasswd file
> 
> This setup has been working with an older (pre domain group) CVS version,
> but running the latest CVS, a user's success at being able to log into
> the domain depends on thier position in smbpasswd file.  I can manually
> edit the file and change my entry from line 25 to line 26 and that will
> prevent me from logging in.  The error at the workstation is that my
> password is wrong, but if I move my entry even further down the file, the
> error changes to the computer account is wrong.

check that entry 26 actually has a corresponding entry in /etc/passwd.