[Samba] changing passwords from Windows XP Pro workstations

[Ben Walton]

Yes, I just verified this on my setup.  I've never had luck in the past,
but I must have had a non-working password chat at those times (quite
some time ago now).  Apologies for misleading anyone.

I have a 'unique' setup for my user accounts, so my little script will
still be useful for certain purposes here, but I can now allow normal
password changes.

Thanks Eric & Simo.
-Ben

On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 15:04 -0500, Eric J. Feldhusen wrote:
> On a RHEL4, with Samba 3.0.10, I have the following password options 
> below.  I just tested and with a WinXP Pro client, I did the 
> ctrl-alt-delete and changed my password.  Once I did that, I ssh'ed into 
> the box and it used my new password.
> 
> 
> [global]
> encrypt passwords = yes
> 
> null passwords = yes
> 
> obey pam restrictions = yes
> 
> passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n*ReType*new*UNIX*password*%n\n 
> *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*update
> d*successfully*
> 
> passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
> 
> unix password sync = Yes
> 
> 
> Ben Walton wrote:
> > A note on the password sync issue.  Someone more knowledgeable correct
> > me if I'm wrong.
> > 
> 
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