smbpasswd for samba4

[Jelmer Vernooij]

Hi Johannes,

Am Sonntag, den 28.12.2008, 22:24 +0100 schrieb Johannes: 
> i started modifing the provision python script in order to get some
> information how this can work.
> i can already change the passwort(s) working root privileges.
Cool!

> but of course when i run it as an different user i get:
> 
> ltdb: tdb((null)): tdb_open_ex: could not open file
> /usr/local/samba/private/sam.ldb: Permission denied
> Unable to open tdb '/usr/local/samba/private/sam.ldb'
> Failed to connect to '/usr/local/samba/private/sam.ldb'
> 
> 
> any suggestions how to change the passwort without su-rights?
> (for a smbpasswd python script?)
You should be able to use the Samr DCE/RPC bindings to connect to the
local server. The SAMR interface should be accisable as
samba.dcerpc.samr. That should allow you to change the password of a
user as long as you know the users old password.

Cheers,

Jelmer
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