[samba] unix password sync
John H Terpstra
jht at samba.org
Wed May 7 16:45:35 GMT 2003
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
>
>
>
>
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John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org
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