[Samba] Can not change password

[Steve Simeonidis]

Here is the setup

Fedora Core 1
Samba samba-3.0.7-2.FC1

Acting as PDC using smbpasswd file and
roaming profiles

Using windows the users can not change their
passwords, they gat an error message saying
"You do not have permission to change your password"

        workgroup = EWS-NET
        netbios name = EWS-SRV1
        server string = EWS Network
        passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
        passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *ReType*new*UNIX*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
        passwd chat debug = Yes
        username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
        password level = 8
        username level = 8
        unix password sync = Yes
        log level = 1
        log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
        max log size = 50
        name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast
        socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
        show add printer wizard = No
        add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -m %u
        delete user script = /usr/sbin/userdel -r %u
        add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd %g
        delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel %g
        add user to group script = /usr/sbin/usermod -G %g %u
        add machine script = /usr/sbin/adduser -n -g machines -c Machine -d /dev/null -s /bin/false %u
        logon script = %U.bat
        logon path = \\%L\%U\.profile
        logon drive = H:
        domain logons = Yes
        os level = 66
        preferred master = Yes
        domain master = Yes
        dns proxy = No
        wins support = Yes
        hosts allow = 192.168.5., 127.
        hide special files = Yes


Steve Simeonidis
Snr Network Engineer, Group IT
Computer Power Group

Level 1, 493 St. Kilda Road 
Melbourne VIC 3004 Australia 
Tel: +61 3 92432382  Fax: +61 3 98202010  M: 0423400466
Email: ssimeonidis at computerpower.edu.au