[Samba] tdbsam info

[Gary Dale]

As a new user, did you enable his account? My usual advice is to use 
SWAT for this.  :)


Tim Gessner wrote:
> I am trying to support our network while the 'IT' guy is on vacation.  I
> have set up samba before, but it has been a few years so I'm very rusty.
> The problem is a logon failure for a new user.  The smb.conf file has 
>
>  
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>         workgroup = DELTA
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>         server string = File Server
>
>         security = DOMAIN
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>         obey pam restrictions = Yes
>
>         password server = delta.deltacompsys.com
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>         passdb backend = tdbsam
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>         passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
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>         passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n
> *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
>
>  
>
> I am not familiar with tdbsam.  Can anyone point me to some
> documentation or give me the 5 second overview?  Where do I go to debug
> this problem?
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>  
>
> The logon works fine for Windows, just fails with samba.  This is
> running on a debian distro.  Thanx!
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