[Samba] change password AS_ROOT=FALSE

Mac mac at nibsc.ac.uk
Wed Oct 20 10:33:41 GMT 2004


>rick talbot wrote:
>
>| passwd program = passwd %u
>| passwd chat = *old*password*%o\n *new*password*%n\n *new*password*%n\n *
>| passwd chat debug = true
>| unix password sync = yes
>|
>|
>| Doing it this way forces samba to change it as root, and
>| this is giving me  another problem.
>
>The old password is not available (i don't know why we even have
>the %o variable there).  So root pw change sis really the
>only viaable option I can think of.
>


%o works fine when you're not using encrypted passwords.  



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