[Samba] SOLVED: w2k + xp clients password change freezes the client

[Josef Schauer]

password chat must fit exactly to the password chat which is produced
by passwd on the system where samba is running.

Josef

Josef Schauer schrieb:
> Hi.
>
> I've a problem changing the password of the domain user directly from
> the windows client by using strg+alt+del.
> If I try to change the password, the client freezes for several minutes
> and after this amount of time
> a popup appears with this error: The DOMAIN isn't available.
>
> In the the samba logs I see this error:
>
> can't connect to service "USERNAME"
>
> this is the GLOBAL part of my smb.conf:
>
> [global]
>         workgroup = ISARLBERG
>         passdb backend = tdbsam
>         passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
> #       passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n
> *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n .
>         passwd chat = *New*Password* %n\n*Re-enter*new*password* %n\n
> *Password*changed*
>         username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
>         unix password sync = Yes
>         log level = 2
>         time server = Yes
>         printcap name = cups
>         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/groupmod -A %u %g
>         delete user from group script = /usr/sbin/groupmod -R %u %g
>         add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/false -d
> /var/lib/nobody %u
>         logon script = scripts\%U.bat
>         logon path = \\%L\%U\profile
>         logon drive = Z:
>         logon home = \\%L\%U
>         domain logons = Yes
>         os level = 35
>         preferred master = Yes
>         domain master = Yes
>         wins support = Yes
>         idmap uid = 15000-20000
>         idmap gid = 15000-20000
>         printing = cups
>         print command =
>         lpq command = %p
>         lprm command =
>
> Thx Josef
>