Fw: About passwd changin

[Andrew Bartlett]

On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 13:26, David wrote:
> >
> > Hi,All
> >
> > I configurured my Redhat7.2/PC as a
> > samba server. It works where except
> > that the non-root user could not change
> > their password. Only root can change the
> > samba password. Even, the samba password
> > and the unix must be the same, otherwise
> > that user will not be able to access samba
> > service.
> >
> > The error message while using smbpasswd is:
> > "machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the session setup. Error was : ERRSRV -
> > ERRbadpw."
> > -- I am sure I entered the correct passwords.
> >
> > My smb.conf:
> > "
> > # Global parameters
> > [global]
> >         workgroup = Workgroup
> >         netbios name = FS
> >         server string = Samba Server
> >         encrypt passwords = Yes
> >         unix password sync = Yes
> >         passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
> >         username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
> >         log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
> >         max log size = 50
> >         socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
> >         domain logons = No
> >         dns proxy = No
> >         guest account =

Samba uses the 'guest' account for IPC$ operations like password
changes.

smbpasswd uses the local smb server (listening on 127.0.0.1) to perform
this operation without having a setuid application.

Andrew Bartlett

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Andrew Bartlett                                 abartlet at pcug.org.au
Manager, Authentication Subsystems, Samba Team  abartlet at samba.org
Student Network Administrator, Hawker College   abartlet at hawkerc.net
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