Working Passwd Chat for Unix Password Sync on Redhat 6.1

[Ricardo Stella]

When using password sync, you usually have 'encryption' turned on.

If so, smbpasswd does not know the plaintext old password.  Therefore,
it can only run as root, and with the assumption that it does not know
the 'old password'.

Also, turn on debug mode at the level of 100, and then turn on password
chat.

Hope this helps...

naughton at domino.danielwoodhead.com wrote:
> 
> I have been trying to get the password sync working for Redhat 6.1 (samba 2.05a
> rpm).  I got
> the PDC working this morning, so I'm happy.  The FAQ section on the samba site
> was very
> helpful.   The password sync was the only sticking point.
> 
> The default passwd chat script didn't work well
> 
>  passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *ReType*new*UNIX*password* %n\n *passw
> d:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
> 
> I tried this one - but again no luck
> 
>  passwd chat = *(current)*UNIX*password:* %n\n *New*UNIX*password:* %n\n
>  *Retype*new*UNIX*password:* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*suc
> cessfully*
> 
> I've seen some discussions about this not working on 2.2, is this the case? The
> O'Reilly book had
> version that was supposed to work, but it didn't.  Unfortunately, I don't have
> that one handy.
> 
> I did end up with shadow passwords after this.  How that happened - I don't
> know.
> Do you need shadow passwords for passwd sync to work?
> 
> If anyone has a working passwd chat setting for 6.1, please let me know.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Dan Naughton
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