[Samba] new to samba question

[Michael Schurter]

On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 14:00 -0500, M Azer wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I am using samba 3.0.10 on redhat. I am getting the following error when i
> run "testparm" eventhough i have a "smbpasswd" file.
> 
> [root at localhost samba]# testparm
> Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
> Processing section "[homes]"
> Processing section "[public]"
> Loaded services file OK.
> ERROR: the 'unix password sync' parameter is set and the 'passwd program' ()
> cannot be executed (error was No such file or directory).
> ERROR: the 'passwd program' () requires a '%u' parameter.
> Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
> 
> 
> # Global parameters
> [global]
>         workgroup = ITGROUP
>         netbios name = ITBOX
>         server string = Samba Test Server
>         smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd %u
>         username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
>         unix password sync = Yes
>         log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>         max log size = 50
>         socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>         idmap uid = 16777216-33554431
>         idmap gid = 16777216-33554431
>         invalid users = root
>         hosts allow = 192.168.1., 192.168.0., 127.

Adding the following 2 lines to [global] should fix it:

	passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
        passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew
\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .