[Samba] Password syncing

[kenneth.westelinck at pandora.be]

After some googling:
http://www.faqchest.com/linux/samba-l/smb-98/smb-9810/smb98101609_21391.html
passwd program = /opt/samba/1.9.18p8/bin/smbpasswd
passwd chat = *old*password* %o\n *new*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *changed*
So it's indeed %o

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 Doug Curtis <doug.curtis at world-mail.org> wrote:
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The problem is my passwd (with Kerberos)  asks for the current password 
>before entering the new one, even when run as root.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Doug
>
>At 02:11 PM 5/9/2003 +0200, kenneth.westelinck at pandora.be wrote:
>> >From my smb.conf:
>>passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
>>passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n 
>>*Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n .
>>
>>
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>>  Doug Curtis  wrote:
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>>Ok, this has probably been asked 1000 times before but what is the variable
>> >to put in the password chat to send the old (or current) password?  I
>> >thought it was %o but that just seems to pass "%o" to the passwd command
>> >instead of the actual password.
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >
>> >Doug
>> >
>> >At 09:17 AM 5/8/2003 +0200, NSC - NetworkServiceCenter wrote:
>> >>hi doug,
>> >>
>> >> > I also have successfully configured Samba to change the samba password
>> >> > from  the windows client (using the change password feature in
>> >> > Ctrl-Alt-Del).  The only way I could get the password change from the
>> >> > client to work was to set "unix password sync = no" but I would like
>> >> > the  functionality of this, so that when a user changes their samba
>> >> > password  from the client, it changes both of the passwords.
>> >> >
>> >> > Does anyone have an idea on how to fix this?
>> >>
>> >>maybe your passwordchat crashes! -> try to write a little shellscript that
>> >>asks you for the password and writes this in a file. use this script as
>> >>passwordprogramm and turn on sync. if passwordchange works now and in your
>> >>file is the new pwd, you know definitively that the string you defined at
>> >>passwordchat is not the same as the expected one of your passwordprogramm.
>> >>
>> >>suggestion 1:
>> >>try to get your chat and pwdprogramm work together - look out: each
>> >>character and also carriage return must be set
>> >>
>> >>suggestion 2:
>> >>if your shellscript works use it ;-)
>> >>let your script call the passwordprogramm!!!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>greetings
>> >>thomas reisenbichler
>> >
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