[Samba] passwd: Authentication token manipulation error

[John H Terpstra]

On Sat, 1 Feb 2003, Keith Fernandez wrote:

> Hi Can anyone tell me what this error is.

Firstly, it's NOT a samba question.

Secondly, it means the password you tried to use is too short. Your RH8
system has a PAM configuration that insists on a password being longer
than a certain number of characters.

I think that if you do:
	grep /etc/passwd mandy
you will find that the account was added, but it now has NO password.
You really DO want to enter a system password, or use Red Hat's method for
locking the Linux system account for mandy.

smbpasswd will add any user who has an entry in the /etc/passwd file.

SMB passwords are independant of the system password.

- John T.

>
> Thanks.
> Regards,
> Keith
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Keith Fernandez" <keith at theargoncompany.com>
> To: <samba at lists.samba.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 8:34 PM
> Subject: [Samba] passwd: Authentication token manipulation error
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to add a new user to my RedHat 8.0 System running samba
> 2.2.7-1a
> > This is the error I get.
> >
> > ---------------------------------------
> > [root at localhost named]# useradd -g users mandy
> > [root at localhost named]# passwd mandy
> > Changing password for user mandy.
> > New password:
> > BAD PASSWORD: it is too short
> > Retype new password:
> > Failed to find entry for user mandy.
> >
> > passwd: Authentication token manipulation error
> > -----------------------------------------
> >
> > This error is only when I am creating a new user. Password sync happens if
> there is an existing user.
> > if after using useradd -g users mandy
> > I do a smbpassword -a mandy
> > then everything is fine....
> > What could be the problem...
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Keith
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> > "The linuX Files -- The Source is Out There."
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John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org