NT password change
Tim Winders
twinders at SPC.cc.tx.us
Thu Nov 12 21:51:59 GMT 1998
Yeah, I thought this one was a little interesting, especially since the
ALLOW_PASSWORD_CHANGE code doesn't work under Digital Unix. But, from
what I understand, the NT and 95 code are completely different. I will
get the latest CVS code and play around and let you know my findings...
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On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> ah... ohhhkkaaayyy... i get it (not). ok, perhaps, tim, i should do some
> exploration on this one. i'm in the middle of security descritor land at
> the moment: please can you keep tabs on this one. try it without the unix
> password sync or something. rpcclient against nt4sp4 and nt4sp3 and samba
> works fine, you see...
>
> On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Tim Winders wrote:
>
> > I thought I would try a little experiment:
> >
> > I have 2.0.0 from 10/25/98 running under Digital Unix 4.0D with the defaul
> > configure script and unix password sync = Yes.
> >
> > I have logged into the Samba domain from a WinNT 4.0sp4 workstation. I
> > then tried to use the WinNT CHANGE PASSWORD to change my Samba domain
> > password. It came back and said the password was not correct and it was
> > not changed.
> >
> > The log file shows:
> >
> > [1998/11/12 15:16:23, 0] rpc_server/srv_util.c:(676)
> > api_pipe_request: **** MUST CALL become_user() HERE ****
> >
> > and the smbpasswd is not changed, *BUT* the Unix password *IS* changed.
> > Pretty neat, huh?
> >
> > Just thought you might like to know...
> >
> > === Tim
> >
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> > | Tim Winders, CNE, MCSE | Email: Tim.Winders at SPC.cc.tx.us |
> > | Network Administrator | Phone: 806-894-9611 x 2369 |
> > | South Plains College | Fax: 806-897-4711 |
> > | Levelland, TX 79336 | |
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> >
> >
> >
>
> <a href="mailto:lkcl at samba.anu.edu.au" > Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton </a>
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