smbpasswd password changing

[Andrew Bartlett]

Andrew Morgan wrote:
> 
> I'm using the smbpasswd program inside a perl script to change the
> password of users on a remote NT4 PDC.  Unfortunately, I keep getting the
> following error:
> 
> [root at raven]# /private/samba/bin/smbpasswd -s -r asherah -U my_test1
> abc123
> 123abc
> 123abc
> unable to open passdb database.
> ERROR: Unable to locate my_test1 in passdb!
> 
> Now, raven (this machine, Samba 2.2.3a) is a domain member, running in
> security = domain mode.  I have no desire to maintain a local smbpasswd or
> passdb.  Why does smbpasswd insist on trying to update the local password
> even though I've specified a remote machine?  The remote password change
> seems to be working even though it throws an error about the local
> password change.
> 
> Everything works fine if I don't run smbpasswd as root, because it doesn't
> try to change the local password.
> 
> Should I be using something else to change remote passwords?

No, it is just samba preparing for what you *might* do if you run
smbpasswd as root.  A simple 'touch' of the smbpasswd file should kill
the error message.

Andrew Bartlett

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