[Samba] Unable to open passdb???

[smw]

Hi Noel,

Thanks for the tip, but I've run into an issue now with that..  The
directory /usr/local/samba/private doesn't exist.  Do I need to create that
directory then as well?

Thanks for the assistance!

Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Noel Kelly" <nkelly at citrusnetworks.net>
To: "'smw'" <kc8lir at yahoo.com>; <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 5:03 PM
Subject: RE: [Samba] Unable to open passdb???


> Scott,
>
> You hopefully just need to manually create the smbpasswd file in
> /usr/local/samba/private/.
>
> Just do a 'touch /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd' and retry.
>
> Noel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: smw [mailto:kc8lir at yahoo.com]
> Sent: 02 November 2002 17:13
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: [Samba] Unable to open passdb???
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Getting this error:
>
> [2002/11/02 12:55:16, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:pdb_getsampwnam(1367)
>   unable to open passdb database.
> [2002/11/02 12:55:16, 0] smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(761)
>   check_oem_password: getsmbpwnam returned NULL
> [2002/11/02 12:55:16, 0] passdb/passdb.c:pdb_free_sam(210)
>   pdb_free_sam: SAM_ACCOUNT was NULL[2002/11/02 12:55:16, 0]
> passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:pdb_getsampwnam(1367)
>   unable to open passdb database.
> [2002/11/02 12:55:16, 0] smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(761)
>   check_oem_password: getsmbpwnam returned NULL
> [2002/11/02 12:55:16, 0] passdb/passdb.c:pdb_free_sam(210)
>   pdb_free_sam: SAM_ACCOUNT was NULL
>
> Now, I've tried changing passwords via smbpasswd for a couple of different
> accounts, and for whatever reason it can't change them.  I'm trying to set
> up my Samba box as a PDC.  So far I haven't even been able to join the
> domain.
>
> Here's my smb.conf file:
>
> [global]
>
>   netbios name = roswell
>   workgroup = AREA51
>
>   os level = 64
>   preferred master = yes
>   domain master = yes
>   local master = yes
>
>   security = user
>
>   encrypt passwords = yes
>
>   domain logons = yes
>   domain admin group = root swrosch inferno
>
>   add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g 100 -s /bin/false -M
> %u
>
>   allow hosts = 192.168.0. 127.
>
> # SHARE DEFINITIONS
>
> [netlogon]
> path = /home/netlogon
> read only = yes
> guest ok = no
> write list = root swrosch inferno
>
> I'm running Samba 2.2.6, and trying to join with my Win2k box.  But, every
> time I try to change passwords or anything, I get unable to open passdb
> errors.
>
> Any assistance would be much appreciated.  I've been trying to follow the
> directions in the Samba howto
> (http://us6.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.html), and I'm
> getting completely confused.
>
> Thanks,
> Scott
>
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