[Samba] USRMGR.EXE, passwd sync and failed user addition

[RRuegner]

Joseph Doran schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> Sorry if I am stating the obvious, but I could not find any info anywhere
> about this issue.
> 
> Just a quick email to alert people to the fact that some posts that I have
> been scouring over suggest that certain individuals are unable to add
> users through usrmgr.exe. I have spent the last 4~5 hours hunting down
> this very problem looking at permissions, groups and so on. So I thought I
> would pass the info on.
> 
> It would appear the problem can arise due to the passwd chat (when called
> as root). I am running Redhat 9.0 and the usual passwd chat is slightly
> different to version 7.1 from which I took the smb.conf over from. Keyword
> (UNIX) seems to have been dropped.
> 
> I did read somewhere that some versions of unix/linux display ReType
> instead of Retype, although I cant confirm this.
> 
> 7.0 expects
> *Changing*password*for*user*%u.\n*New*UNIX*password* %n\n
> *Retype*new*UNIX*password* %n\n
> *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
> 
> 
> 
> 7.1 expects
> *Changing*password*for*user*%u.\n*New*UNIX*password* %n\n
> *Retype*new*UNIX*password* %n\n
> *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
> 
> whereas
> 
> 7.2 expects
> *Changing*password*for*user*%u.\n*New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password*
> %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
> 
> and
> 
> 9.x expects
> *Changing*password*for*user*%u.\n*New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password*
> %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
> 
> Dont have access to a version 8.0 box.
> 
> 
> Hopefully this will save someone trawling though, passwd chat debug = yes,
> and 101 level debugs :-).
> 
> To:- samba-technical list.
> Would it not be possible to say add a dummy user account, change the
> passwd and capture the stdout, and delete dummy account, to populate the
> chat script automatically?
> 
> Best Regards
> Joe.
> 
> PS: I am not on list, so reply directly if you wish to make contact.
> 
Hi ,nice to see that, but including the samba versions would be the more 
related info ,instead of redhat versions
Regards