[Samba] smbpasswd fails to add machine account with ldapsam

[Patrick]

Hi,

I do believe this is a bug in samba 3.  If you use the same ou as the 
user accounts it will work.

Patrick

Pirkka Luukkonen wrote:

>Hi!
>
>I am seeing other users with the same problem as I have. My samba also fails
>to add machine accounts. It seems to me if it didn't even try. If I use some
>other script (pdbedit, smbldap-tools) than smbpasswd it manages to add the
>account but still fails to authenticate within the same session. If I try
>again the machine account exists and authentication goes ok.
>
>server:~# smbpasswd -a -m machine_name -D 10
>Netbios name list:-
>my_netbios_names[0]="SERVER"
>Trying to load: ldapsam:ldap://10.0.0.1/
>Attempting to register passdb backend ldapsam
>Successfully added passdb backend 'ldapsam'
>Attempting to register passdb backend ldapsam_compat
>Successfully added passdb backend 'ldapsam_compat'
>Attempting to register passdb backend smbpasswd
>Successfully added passdb backend 'smbpasswd'
>Attempting to register passdb backend tdbsam
>Successfully added passdb backend 'tdbsam'
>Attempting to register passdb backend guest
>Successfully added passdb backend 'guest'
>Attempting to find an passdb backend to match ldapsam:ldap://10.0.0.1/
>(ldapsam)
>Found pdb backend ldapsam
>Searching for:[(&(objectClass=sambaDomain)(sambaDomainName=SAMBA))]
>smbldap_search_suffix: searching
>for:[(&(objectClass=sambaDomain)(sambaDomainName=SAMBA))]
>smbldap_open_connection: ldap://10.0.0.1/
>smbldap_open_connection: connection opened
>ldap_connect_system: Binding to ldap server ldap://10.0.0.1/ as
>"cn=admin,dc=foo,dc=bar"
>ldap_connect_system: succesful connection to the LDAP server
>The LDAP server is succesful connected
>pdb backend ldapsam:ldap://10.0.0.1/ has a valid init
>Attempting to find an passdb backend to match guest (guest)
>Found pdb backend guest
>pdb backend guest has a valid init
>smbldap_search_suffix: searching
>for:[(&(&(uid=machine_name$)(objectclass=sambaSamAccount))(objectclass=samba
>SamAccount))]
>ldapsam_getsampwnam: Unable to locate user [machine_name$] count=0
>Finding user machine_name$
>Trying _Get_Pwnam(), username as lowercase is machine_name$
>Trying _Get_Pwnam(), username as uppercase is MACHINE_NAME$
>Checking combinations of 0 uppercase letters in machine_name$
>Get_Pwnam_internals didn't find user [machine_name$]!
>Failed initialise SAM_ACCOUNT for user machine_name$.
>Failed to modify password entry for user machine_name$
>
>--
>Samba 3.0 PDC, Debian Woody, OpenLDAP
>
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