[Samba] change password AS_ROOT=FALSE

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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Mac wrote:
|>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
|> is really the only viaable option I can think of.
|>
| %o works fine when you're not using encrypted passwords.

And >= Wndows NT.  I know its available but the circumstances
seem so limited that IMO its just not useful.  Most people
don't like clear text pw changes on the wire :-)

<jerry steps down off the soap box now....>




cheers, jerry
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