Cannot change password

[Peter Debus]

Don't worry, problem solved. The program chat entry does not seem to work with
Samba 18p7.

I had to change

	passwd chat = "*Old password*" %o\n "*New password*" %n\n "*ype new password*" %n\n *changed*

	to

	passwd chat = *Old*password: %o\n *New*password: %n\n *Retype*new*password: %n\n *changed*


That is, taking out the double quotes and using * for spaces.

Peter Debus
Computer Systems Administrator
School of Mathematical Computer Sciences
University of New England
Armidale NSW 
Australia

Ph: 61 (0)267 73 2412 Fax: 61 (0)267 73 3312

> 
> 
> Server: Slakware Linux 2.0.30, GNU C 2.7.2.1 Samba 18p7
> 
> Server is not using PAM and is a ypclient.
> 
> Client PC's are DOS 6.20 with MS Client 3.0 and Windows 95.
> 
> 
> I am having trouble changing passwords using the "net password \\<server>"
> command from either DOS or Win95 command prompt. Changing passwords worked fine
> using Samba 17p3.
> 
> The compile switch -DALLOW_CHANGE_PASSWORD has been used and smb.conf
> parameters are set up correctly.
> 
> [global]
>  passwd program = /usr/bin/yppasswd
>  passwd chat = "*Old password*" %o\n "*New password*" %n\n "*ype new password*
> " %n\n *changed*
>  password level = 4
> 
> The error reported in the client log file at log level 4 is:
> 
> Doing SetUserPassword
> Set password for <PDEBUS>
> SMB Password - pwlen = 7, challenge_done = 0
> Checking password for user pdebus (l=7)
> Password change for user: pdebus
> pty: try to open ptya0, line was /dev/ptyXX
> pty: try to open ptya1, line was /dev/ptya0
> pty: try to open ptya2, line was /dev/ptya1
> pty: try to open ptya3, line was /dev/ptya2
> pty: try to open ptya4, line was /dev/ptya3
> pty: opened /dev/ptya4
> Dochild for user pdebus (uid=0,gid=6310)		<------ ???????
> response 1 incorrect
> Child failed to change password: pdebus
> get_smbpwd_entry: unable to open file /etc/smbpasswd
> check_lanman_password: get_smbpwd_entry returned NULL
> 1998/06/25 12:19:54 Transaction 671 of length 39
> switch message SMBtdis (pid 2640)
> chdir to /var/log/samba/clients
> 1998/06/25 12:19:54 thumb (129.180.11.200) closed connection to service IPC$
> Yielding connection to 117 IPC$
> 1998/06/25 12:19:54 tdis cnum=117
> 
> Changing the Unix password failed at "Dochild for user pdebus", but note
> the uid, it is 0 not pdebus' uid. Calling yppasswd as root will attempt to 
> change root's password, not pdebus'. 
> 
> Does anyone have a suggestion. I have removed the password level option
> in smb.conf and toyed with all upper and lower case passwords, but the
> problem persists. I am not using encrypted passwords, hence the password change
> fails on "get_smbpwd_entry" and "check_lanman_password".
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Peter Debus
> Computer Systems Administrator
> School of Mathematical Computer Sciences
> University of New England
> Armidale NSW 
> Australia
> 
> Ph: 61 (0)267 73 2412 Fax: 61 (0)267 73 3312
>