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

[Joseph Doran]

Hi Robert,

I am running Version 3.0.2a. I did not add the version number as I would
have thought that it would affect any version that uses passwd chat.

Regards
Joe.

> 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
>