[Samba] password sync "Failed to open/create TDB passwd"

[Gaiseric Vandal]

I have now tried the following
  -   Upgraded from samba 3.026a to 3.028
  -   Rebuilt  "--with-pam" and added "pam password change = yes"
(some posts indicated this helped)
  -   Added a "root" samba account and a member of Domain Admins (to
see if it was related to unix level file permissions.)
  -   Moved the test user unix  account out of nis and into the local
/etc/passwd.
  -   tried variations on the chat script.

#        passwd chat = New %n\n new %n\n *changed* \n
         passwd chat =*New* %n\n *new* %n\n *changed* \n


Nothing has helped.

The log files do show:

[2008/01/14 09:15:17, 0] smbd/chgpasswd.c:chat_with_program(440)

  chat_with_program: Error: dochild() returned 0



Several of the posts on google referred to password sync working under
Samba 3.024 but then breaking when upgrading to Samab 3.027.

I have set the log level to 100 to try to catch any syntax error in
the chat script.    Currently my smb.conf file includes:

[global]
        workgroup = MYDOMAIN
        server string = mypdc
        passdb backend = tdbsam
        log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
        max log size = 50
        domain logons = Yes
        preferred master = Yes
        domain master = Yes
        dns proxy = No
        wins support = Yes
        ldap ssl = no
        cups options = raw

        passwd program =  /usr/bin/passwd %u
#        passwd program =  /usr/bin/passwd -r nis  %u
#       passwd chat = *New*Password* %n\n *new*Password* %n\n *changed*
#       passwd chat = *New*Password* %n\n *Re-enter*new*Password* %n\n *changed*
#       passwd chat=*New\sPassword:\s%n\nRe-enter\snew\sPassword:\s%n\npasswd:\spassword\ssuccessfully\schanged*\n
#        passwd chat = New %n\n new %n\n *changed* \n
         passwd chat =*New* %n\n *new* %n\n *changed* \n
        unix password sync = Yes
        passwd chat debug = yes
        passwd chat timeout = 10
        log level = 100
        pam password change = yes

        dos charset = UTF8
        unix charset = UTF8
        display charset = UTF8


File perms include
# ls -l /usr/local/samba/private/passdb.tdb
-rw-rw----   1 root     sysadmin   49152 Jan 14 08:56 passdb.tdb

# ls -ld /usr/local/samba/var/locks
drwxrwxr-x   5 root     sysadmin    1024 Jan 14 11:20 /usr/local/samba/var/locks


# ls -ld /usr/local/samba/var/locks/*
total 972
-rw-------   1 root     root        8192 Jan 14 11:02 account_policy.tdb
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root       49152 Jan 14 10:41 brlock.tdb
-rw-r--r--   1 root     sysadmin    1440 Jan 14 11:20 browse.dat


Thanks





On 12 Jan 2008 13:43:00 +0100, Helmut Hullen <Hullen at t-online.de> wrote:
> Hallo, Gaiseric,
>
> Du (gaiseric.vandal) meintest am 12.01.08:
>
>
> >>>   tdb(unnamed): tdb_open_ex: could not open file
> >>>   /usr/local/samba-3.0.26a/privat passdb.tdb: Permission denied
>
> >>> The passdb file does exist-  and samba is running as root.  I have
> >>> a separate unix/windows account for the Domain Admin.
>
>
> > Does this mean I should be changing the locale?  Is this a samba or
> > an OS setting?
>
>
> Which rights has the directory, which rights has the file?
>
> Viele Gruesse!
> Helmut
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