[Samba] unix password sync not working

[Ganeshram Iyer]

I have this problem too. I found this link by googling but no luck. I 
get a RAP86 error when I enter smbpasswd. If you do find a solution, 
please do post it to the list.

Thanks
Ganesh

http://freebooks.by.ru/view/SambaIn24h/ch16-02.htm

Aria Bamdad wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I have a samba server configured with SECURITY=USER and am having
>trouble getting the UNIX PASSWORD SYNC to work.  When I use smbpasswd to
>change a samba user password, everything goes well and the samba
>password is changed but the unix password is not changed.  Per the
>manuals, samba trys to change the unix password first and if it fails,
>it will NOT change the samba password.  However, the samba password is
>changed but not the unix password.  It's as if it doesn't try the
>unix password at all.
>
>I have the following parameters:
>
>Security=user
>unix password sync = yes
>passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
>passwd chat = *password* %n\n *password* %n\n *successfully*
>  
>