Problems with smbpasswd-program

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

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.

i get a "seek failed" error.
 
> "user at samba:~$ smbpasswd" runs fine!!

???????

> What am I missing???

no idea!

> Any hints??

panic!!!! :-)  (serious suggestion: use an old version, use 1.9.18p3's
smbpasswd command or something).