Samba and nis question

[Shekhar]

1.
        passwd program = /usr/bin/yppasswd %u
        unix password sync = Yes
        passwd chat = *root*password* urpasswdhere\n \
*new*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *NIS*

2.     My addmachine script.

Usage addmachine machinename
eg. addmahine comp1
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/usr/sbin/adduser $1$  -d /dev/null -s /bin/false
smbpasswd -a -m $1$
echo "Added Machine Account $1 to SMB DataBase."
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Shekhar
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alaa Alamood" <aaa at netman.dk>
To: <samba-ntdom at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 12:45 AM
Subject: Samba and nis question


> Hi
> 
> Thanks for this nice product
> 
> I have samba 2.2.2 running on alpha server (tru64 5.1), samba configured
> to be PDC, and I have yppasswd on my server, my questions are
> 
> 1- How is possible to sync. smbpasswd with yppasswd
>       when I enable sync passwd  like the following
> 
>         passwd program = /usr/bin/yppasswd
>         unix password sync = yes
>         passwd chat = *New*SMB*password* %n\n *Retype*new*SMB*password:*
> %n\n *Password*changed*for*user*
> 
>       and try to change the password from the user I got the following
> error
> 
>         machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the password chang: Error was: the
> specified password is ivalid
> 
> 
> 2- I have made scripte to register the machines into yppasswd and
> smbpasswd and I add the following in smb.conf file
> 
>          add user scripte /usr/local/bin/addmachine -a %m
> 
>          when I try to join the domain from win2k no thing happen
> 
>           any body know why
> 
> 
> thanks in advanc
> 
> Alaa
> 
> 
>