smbpasswd failure

[Wandered Inn]

Paul Hewitt wrote:
> 
> > Date:   Wed, 01 Mar 2000 13:01:12 -0500
> > From:   Wandered Inn
> <esoteric at denali.atlnet.com>
> > To:     samba at samba.org
> > Subject: smbpasswd failure
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> > I've attempted to change my smb password on a
> remote NT PDS, but it
> > always fails with
> >
> > resolve_name: Attempting lmhosts lookup for name
> SERVER<0x20>
> > getlmhostsent: lmhost entry: 127.0.0.1 localhost
> 
> > resolve_name: Attempting host lookup for name
> SERVER<0x20>
> > Connecting to nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn at port 139
> > error connecting to nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn:139
> (Connection refused)
> > unable to connect to SMB server on machine
> SERVER. Error was : code 0.
> > Failed to change password for ID
> >
> > Can anyone shed some light on this issue?
> >
> > --
> > Until later: Geoffrey
> esoteric at denali.atlnet.com
> 
> No light here, but...this is the same error I
> reported a while back (and another person
> reported, too, in this same list) only the
> smbpasswd command fails here for an ordinary user
> even when issued on the Smaba box itself (a Sun
> E3K).  The only reply I got was from Jeremy, who
> said this issue doesn't arise on their setup (SGI,
> I recall).
> 
> What is your server?  Where are you running
> smbpasswd?

PDS is an NT 4.0 box, I'm running smbpasswd from a Linux box.  Linux
specs:  Red Hat 5.2, kernel 2.0.36, samba rpm samba-2.0.4b-19990519


--
Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at denali.atlnet.com

I'm afraid there will be more problems with W2K than there were with
Y2K...