SUMMARY: Re: URGENT: cannot use smbpasswd

[SI-Gaetan Boudreau]

The question was:
> Since I upgraded from 1.9.18p3 to p4 (Friday May 8) the users cannot 
> execute the smbpasswd command

> Here is the output we get:
> terre{testgb}65: smbpasswd
> Old SMB password:
> New SMB password:
> Retype new SMB password:
> smbpasswd: machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the session request. Error was : 
> code 131.

The answer was:
You need to put 127.0.0.1 into your 'hosts allow' list in the smb.conf 
file.  You undoubtedly are currently restricting access.  The 127.0.0.1 
is the loopback address, so this is permitting access from the machine 
to itself.  Good luck!

		Bill Knox (wknox at oeb.harvard.edu)
		Harvard University Herbaria


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