[Samba] smbpasswd (adding machines?) with pdb_mysql doesn't work

Jelmer Vernooij jelmer at nl.linux.org
Thu Nov 7 18:32:00 GMT 2002


On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 04:17:59AM +1100, xfesty wrote about '[Samba] smbpasswd (adding machines?) with pdb_mysql doesn't work':
> Hiya.

> Still having fun with his mysql module - it appears to read from the  
> mysql database fine, but I can't seem to add machine accounts (and I  
> can't get too far unless I do this).

> It might also be my own stupidity too - let me know ;-)

> I've got a machine called "bbmachine" - without pdb_mysql, I can join  
> the domain no problems.  However, I need to rejoin the machines to the  
> domain once I use pdb_mysql.

> Just inserting a machine account into the mysql database (username, nt  
> username, password) doesn't work, so I thought I'd try smbpasswd - I  
> get this error.

> Are the ";"'s meant to be there?
Nope, they aren't. Your smb.conf is wrong.

> Looking at the above, there's a "acct_ctrl" column its trying to read  
> out of - this ISN'T mentioned in the README for the module (only  
> acct_desc).  What identifier:blah blah column do I use for this, and  
> why isn't it mentioned?
I think I meant acct_desc. 

>    mysql:nt username column = ntusername;
Remove the ;...

Jelmer
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