SOLVED - Re: [Samba] Problems syncing smbpasswd/passwd

[Bernd Pörner]

Bernd Pörner wrote:
> 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
I've checked my passwd chat script and found some typos in it. Now it works.

Thanks for your help!

B.