[Samba] Problems syncing smbpasswd/passwd

[Bernd Pörner]

Gary Dale wrote:
> Bernd Pörner wrote:
>> Dear all!
>>
>> Since several days I'm trying to get Samba's unix password sync to work
>> for me, but I still have problems. I'm using the Samba 3.0.22 binaries
>> that come with Ubuntu 6.06 and this is the [global] section of my 
>> smb.conf:
>>
>> [global]
>> workgroup = TEST
>> domain logons = yes
>> preferred master = yes
>> wins support = yes
>> username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
>> syslog = 100
>> add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/false -d 
>> /var/lib/nobody '%u'
>> logon path = \\%L\profiles\%U
>> unix password sync = yes
>> passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
>> passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n
>> *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n
>>
>> When I'm logged on to my WinXP workstation and try to change my SMB
>> password, Windows hangs, doesn't respond anymore. Im my log.smbd I get
>> the following message:
>>
>> [2006/07/24 13:03:55, 0] lib/debug.c:reopen_logs(597)
>> Unable to open new log file /var/log/samba/log.smbd: Permission denied
>>
>> Any idea how to solve this problem?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Bernd
>
> I had the same problem myself. Your "passwd chat" entry likely doesn't 
> match what your Samba box is looking for. The first part looks OK, but 
> I'd end it with "*success*". Without that, you don't get the response. 
> You also could shorten the entry to something like:
>
> passwd chat = *Enter*password* %n\n *Retype*password* %n\n *success*
>
>
> The password chat uses "expect" so the "*" is any sequence of 
> characters. As long as it sees something it can match without giving a 
> false positive, things should work.
I tried as you suggested. When trying to change my password I get the 
following error message from Windows: "You don't have permission to 
change your password".

The log.smbd has the following error messages:
[2006/08/15 22:16:38, 0] lib/debug.c:reopen_logs(597)
  Unable to open new log file /var/log/samba/log.smbd: Permission denied
[2006/08/15 22:16:43, 0] lib/debug.c:reopen_logs(597)
  Unable to open new log file /var/log/samba/log.smbd: Permission denied

Any ideas?
B.