[Samba] possible bug with passwd programm = ...

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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Andre Helberg wrote:
| Hi all,
|
| I'm using Samba 3.0.5 with openldap as pdc
|
|
| smb.conf:
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|    unix password sync = yes
|    passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %U
|
|
| log says:
|
| Aug 10 09:17:58 juwidc01 smbd[4720]:   chgpasswd: Running
| as root the 'passwd program' parameter *MUST* contain the
| string %u, and the given string /usr/bin/passwd helberga
| does not.
|
|
| Looks like a bug to me - anyone else had prolblems like this?

What bug?  you have to use %u (lower case) not %U (upper case).




cheers, jerry
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