[samba] unix password sync

[John H Terpstra]

Dennis,

Please email me your smb.conf file (off list) and I will look at it.

- John T.


On Wed, 7 May 2003, Dennis Knies wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This is my last (desperate) attempt to get the "unix password sync" working
>
> I've been trying to get it working for weeks, but it still doesn't work.
>
> Serverspecs: 	OS: 		FreeBSD 4.8-release
> 	Samba:	2.2.8
>
> 	Samba is working as a PDC using roaming profiles. This works fine.
>
> If the option "unix password sync" in smb.conf (available @
> http://home.studenten.net/~dknies/smb.conf)is enabled, the next situation
> is created:
>
> 1) 	Root can change the unix-and smbpasswd for all users
>
> 2) 	A regular user kan chage his unix password using the 'passwd' command
>
> 		-bash-2.05b$ passwd
> 		Changing local password for dennis.
> 		Old password:
> 		New password:
> 		Retype new password:
> 		passwd: updating the database...
> 		passwd: done
>
> 	This user isn't abled to change the smbpassword using the 'smbpasswd'
> command
>
> 		-bash-2.05b$ smbpasswd
> 		Old SMB password:
> 		New SMB password:
> 		Retype new SMB password:
> 		machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the password change: Error was : RAP86: The
> specified password is invalid.
> 		Failed to change password for dennis
>
> 	I'm sure the Old Password wasn't invalid. 	And the most strange thing is:
> The unixpassword is changed into the net smbpassword.
>
> 3)	When a regular users wants to change his password in win2k (All the
> clients are win2k overhere) 	this error will pop up:
>
> 		The system cannot change your password now because the domain
> FreeBSDgroup is not available
>
>
>
> I can't find errors in my logfiles which tell me anything about the errors
> or the solutions.
>
> Because I'm _really_ desperate I deinstalled everything on my system, but
> the error keeps alive.
>
> Can someone tell me anything about this problem, because I really don't
> have a clue...
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Dennis Knies
>
>
>
>

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