[Samba] Unable to open passdb???

[John H Terpstra]

On Sat, 2 Nov 2002, smw wrote:

> 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?

That would help. What platform is this on? Did you build the binaries
yourself? If you did then the likely location for the smbpasswd file is as
Scott suggested. If you are on a Linux system and you are using an RPM
package then the likely place is /etc/samba/smbpasswd.

- John T.

>
> 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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-- 
John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org