[Samba] ldap users would like to change their own (smb)passwords

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, jan wrote:

> Dear Samba list,
> 
> 
> I am using samba with ldap. All works fine.
> Now I want my users to change their own smbpasswd's.
> 
> That only works when :
> 
> domain admin groups = myusers
> and
> secrets.tdb is set to 660
> 
> beside this smb.conf must at least be readable by the myusers_group.

I wouldn't do this if I were you.

> Otherwise I get this :
> 
> /usr/local/samba-2.2.7/bin/smbpasswd -L -a bert

non-root users should use

	smbpasswd -r <server> -U <user>

for changing their passwords.  This uses the SMB RAP password 
changing ops and requires that the user know the old password.




cheers, jerry
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