Changing password!

[Oliver Six]

"Mark A. Tagliaferro" <be_lak at yahoo.co.uk> wrote on 22.10.2001 11:48:41:

>
>I'm sending this again because i never got an answer!
>
>
>Is it possible to change the linux pasword from a windows or dos machine
>connected via samba?
>
>I'm using SuSE 7.1 with Samba v 2.0.7 if it makes any difference.
>
>Mark
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Hi Mark,

of course it's possible. See the options "passwd program" and "passwd chat" 
for the [global] section. On my SuSE 7.1 the following lines do the trick: 

[global]
  passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
  passwd chat = *ew*assword %n\n *ew*assword* %n\n *changed*

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