[Samba] Problem changing passwords (LDAP + SMB + smbldap-tools)

Stéphane Purnelle stephane.purnelle at tiscali.be
Wed Feb 15 10:28:43 GMT 2006


-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Hi,

look at smb.conf man page about ldap passwd sync parameter

David.Martinez at eurorscg.com a écrit :
> Hi everybody.
>
> I'm having a weird behavior with my smb+ldap installation.
>
> My server is configured as the PDC for my network. All my users are
> attached to the domain and are working fine.
> Also, I'm trying to configure other web applications in order to use LDAP,
> the idea is that the users use the same credentials to log into the SMB
> domain and to log into another applications (specifically, OneOrZero
> helpdesk manager)
>
> My problem is:
> If I change user's password with "smbldap-passwd", users can authenticate
> to SMB domain and other LDAP applications.
> BUT if users change their passwords from windows (CTRL+ALT+DEL -> "Change
> Password"), the new password works for the SMB domain but it does not work
> for the other LDAP applications. In fact they can log into the LDAP
> applications using the old password.
> At the end, every user has two valid passwords: one for the domain and
> other for my applications using LDAP authentication.
>
> I suppose I'm missing some kind of option in order to have synchronized
> both passwords.
>
> My LDAP is saving this entries:
> sambaNTPassword
> sambaLMPassword
> userPassword
>
> What represents each of this attributes?
> How can I force smbldap-tools to keep both password synchronized?
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> Saludos
> David


- --
Stéphane Purnelle <stephane.purnelle at tiscali.be>
Site Web : http://www.linuxplusvalue.be
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iD8DBQFD8wJa8tswkE3d0ecRAjsEAJ9Ojt5Yd7I1fl67uTe200bTto7dWACdEBJ5
GmXgQ9ZO5TyTXCcJ6Wc6EA8=
=dV1l
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----



More information about the samba mailing list