[Samba] Re: Unable to change Windows password on Samba BDC

[Dennis McLeod]

>From the command line on XP:
netsh interface ip set wins "Local Area Connection" static xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Put it in a login script....




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[mailto:samba-bounces+dmcleod=foranyauto.com at lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of
Matt Anderson
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 2:23 PM
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Subject: [Samba] Re: Unable to change Windows password on Samba BDC

Adam Williams <awilliam <at> mdah.state.ms.us> writes:

> 
> in the BDC, take out:
> 
> 	passwd program = /usr/sbin/smbldap-passwd -u %u
> 	passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n
> 	unix password sync = yes
> 
> add:
> 
> ldap passwd sync = yes
> encrypt passwords = yes
> update encrypted = Yes
> unix password sync = no
> 

Hi Adam,

Thanks for the quick response -- I'm not sure if you saw my follow up:

"Okay, so I figured out why it wasn't working.  I needed to add the IP
address of the PDC to the WINS tab in the user's TCP/IP connection settings
for it to be able to resolve the Primary domain controller to change the
password (at least, that's what I'm assuming the problem was).  Once I added
the PDC's IP address to the WINS tab I could change passwords no problem.

However, we currently assign all IP addresses manually (no DHCP server).  Is
there any way (I'm guessing not) I can accomplish this without having to
physically change the network connection settings on hundreds of client PCs
manually?  On a side note, I tried adding the BDC's IP address to the WINS
tab first and was unsuccessful... which I think is expected.

Again, any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!"

Would your suggestion address this?  I know that I initially had it set up
that way since I was using the idealx scripts...

Thanks!

-Matt

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