pdbedit --force-initialized-passwords returns "Bad TDB Context pointer"

Lin Li linl at xandros.com
Wed Feb 11 15:03:48 GMT 2004


Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:

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> Lin Li wrote:
> | Hi there,
> |
> | I use a debian based system with samba3.0.0. I compiled
> | samba 3.0.2 and  run "pdbedit-3.0.2 --force-initialized-passwords".
> | I got  "pdb_get_sampwent: Bad TDB Context pointer." Anyone
> | tried this?
>
> Try
>
> ~  root# pdbedit-3.0.2 --force-initialized-passwords \
> ~        -b=tdbsam:<path to passdb.tdb>
>
> My guess is that the 3.0.2 version you compiled is looking
> for things is different paths than the version you have installed.
> This is just a guess (wuthout more information).
>
Both return the same error. If I use a wrong path it will return "Unable 
to open/create TDB passwd".

Thanks,
Lin

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