[Samba] Change samba and Unix password from Windows 98

[John H Terpstra]

Romildo,

Yes. This is possible. There are several ways this can be done.
Check the man pages for smb.conf. In particular you should check the
guidance on the smb.conf paramters:

	passwd chat
	unix password sync
	passwd program
	obey pam restrictions

Also check out the documentation on the PAM module pam_smbpasswd.so

These will give you some insight into the controls you may use.
When you get this configured correctly a user will be able press
Ctrl-Alt-Del on a workstation to change their password globally.

Cheers,
John T.


On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 romildo at uber.com.br wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I have a small network of Windows 98 machines and
> a Linux machine running Samba 3.0.0, which is
> working as a file and printer server, and PDC.
>
> Is there the possibility of changing the samba
> and Linux passwords of users from the client
> machine (Windows 98) in a single operation,
> without the user having to explicitly login
> into the server for that.
>
> Currently users in this network is told to
> login into the server and change their
> Linux password (with passwd command) and
> their Samba password (with smbpaswd command).
> I want an easier way of doing that.
>
> Any clues?
>
> Romildo
>

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John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org