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

[Rowland penny]

On 14/05/2019 07:32, Julien TEHERY via samba wrote:
> Le 13/05/2019 à 18:44, Rowland penny via samba a écrit :
>> 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
> We use AD style
>
>

Try 'kpasswd'

Rowland