[Samba] AD passwd change

[Azher Amin]

Thnx a lot it worked.

Is there any cgi script for the smbpasswd, so that i can change the 
password from the web.

Regards



Kaustubh Chaudhari wrote:

>Hi Andy,
>
>>From the man page of smbpasswd.
>
>====
>      -r remote machine name
>              This  option  allows a user to specify what machine they
>wish to change their password on. Without this parameter smbpasswd
>defaults to the
>              local host. The remote machine name is the NetBIOS name of
>the SMB/CIFS server to contact to attempt the password change. This name
>is  re-
>              solved  into  an  IP address using the standard name
>resolution mechanism in all programs of the Samba suite. See the -R name
>resolve order
>              parameter for details on changing this resolving
>mechanism.
>
>              The username whose password is changed is that of the
>current UNIX logged on user. See the -U username parameter for  details
>on  changing
>              the password for a different username.
>
>              Note that if changing a Windows NT Domain password the
>remote machine specified must be the Primary Domain Controller for the
>domain (Back-
>              up Domain Controllers only have a read-only copy of the
>user account database and will not allow the password change).
>
>              Note that Windows 95/98 do not have a real password
>database so it is not possible to change passwords specifying a Win95/98
>machine as re-
>              mote machine target.
>====
>
>
>Regards,
>Kaustubh
>
>On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 10:30 -0800, Andrew Morgan wrote:
>  
>
>>On Sun, 7 Jan 2007, Azher Amin wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>Can someone guide me, how to change the password of windows AD using a linux 
>>>script.
>>>      
>>>
>>Here is a snippet of perl code we use to change AD passwords:
>>
>>   my $unicodepwd = pack("v*", (unpack("C*", "\"$newpw1\"")));
>>   $mesg = $ad->modify($addn, replace => { unicodepwd => $unicodepwd });
>>
>>Where $newpw1 is the new password, and $ad is a Net::LDAPS object 
>>connected to an AD domain controller as a user with privileges to update 
>>passwords.
>>
>> 	Andy
>>    
>>
>
>
>  
>


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