smbpasswd and ldap

[Steve Lee]

I'm about to start setting samba up on our LDAP servers too.
can you use the default RedHat OpenLDAP ? or must
i recompile ?  Also, can i use the samba source 2.2.2 or 
the 3.0 alpha.

Thank You

sorry for off topic questions.




On 3 Dec 2001, Michael Torrie wrote:

> I've compiled samba with the --with-ldapsam option and have setup up an
> ldap server.  When I try to change the password of a user, say
> Administrator, get the following stuff with full debugging turned on (-D
> 255):
> 
> New SMB password:
> Retype new SMB password:
> ldap_open_connection: connection opened
> ldap_connect_system: succesful connection to the LDAP server
> ldap_search_one_user: searching
> for:[(&(uid=Administrator)(objectclass=sambaAccount))]
> get_single_attribute: [uid] = [Administrator]
> Entry found for user: Administrator
> get_single_attribute: [sambaDomain] = [NULL]
> get_single_attribute: [pwdLastSet] = [3B9E4575]
> get_single_attribute: [logonTime] = [00000000]
> get_single_attribute: [logoffTime] = [00000000]
> get_single_attribute: [kickoffTime] = [00000000]
> get_single_attribute: [pwdCanChange] = [3982F885]
> get_single_attribute: [pwdMustChange] = [FFFFFFFF]
> get_single_attribute: [gecos] = [Root user]
> get_single_attribute: [homeDrive] = [K:]
> homeDrive is set to K:
> get_single_attribute: [smbHome] = [NULL]
> smbHome is set to 
> smbHome fell back to \\samba\%u
> get_single_attribute: [scriptPath] = [testmess.bat]
> scriptPath is set to testmess.bat
> get_single_attribute: [profilePath] = [\\samba\profiles\Administrator]
> profilePath is set to \\samba\profiles\Administrator
> get_single_attribute: [description] = [NULL]
> get_single_attribute: [userWorkstations] = [NULL]
> get_single_attribute: [rid] = [1f4]
> get_single_attribute: [primaryGroupID] = [200]
> ldap_open_connection: connection opened
> ldap_connect_system: succesful connection to the LDAP server
> ldap_search_one_user: searching
> for:[(&(uid=)(objectclass=sambaAccount))]
> No user to modify!
> Failed to modify entry for user Administrator.
> Failed to modify password entry for user Administrator
> 
> Is this a bug in the LDAP part of samba?  How come the search string is
> correct the first time:
> (&(uid=Administrator)(objectclass=sambaAccount))
> but not the second time:
> (&(uid=)(objectclass=sambaAccount))
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> thanks,
> Michael
> 
> 
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