[Samba] Samba4 changing a user's password from linux workstation

[Rowland penny]

On 13/05/2019 16:11, Julien TEHERY via samba wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm trying to find a way to change user passwords from ubuntu client 
> workstation on a samba4 domain.
> I tried in CLI from the client workstation (ubuntu 14.04) with:
>
> - smbpasswd -U $user
>
> => In this case, password seemed to be updated, but "wbinfo -a" didn't 
> worked with the new password, the old one was still active.
>
> - samba-tool user setpassword $user
> => In this case i got a "ldb_search: /invalid basedn '(null)'/"
>
>
> What's the proper way to change the users password from the linux 
> clients in a samba4 domain?
>
> Thanks for your help
>
What sort of Samba domain, NT4-style or AD

Rowland