Hi there -- I am having an issue with the Samba package, release 3.033375, that came bundled with the CentOS 5.3 distribution. It seems that even though I created the smbpasswd file, located at the /etc/samba directory, I am unable to modify the password of the users listed in it. I can run the /usr/bin/smbpasswd -a <username> command as root, and even though there are no errors, a subsequent check of the smbpasswd file indicates the username in question is still listed with the series of X's and NO PASSWORD indicator. I have confirmed through the find command the only instances of smbpasswd are those at the /etc/samba and /usr/bin locations. Has anyone seen this issue, and aside from installing samba from source, have a solution to this problem? Thanks. The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20091120/4cf8e7ac/attachment-0003.html>
On Fri, 2009-11-20 at 11:45 -0500, Kaplan, Andrew H. wrote:> Hi there -- > > I am having an issue with the Samba package, release 3.033375, that > came bundled with the > CentOS 5.3 distribution. It seems that even though I created the > smbpasswd file, located at > the /etc/samba directory, I am unable to modify the password of the > users listed in it. > > I can run the /usr/bin/smbpasswd -a <username> command as root, and > even though there > are no errors, a subsequent check of the smbpasswd file indicates the > username in question > is still listed with the series of X's and NO PASSWORD indicator. > > I have confirmed through the find command the only instances of > smbpasswd are those at the > /etc/samba and /usr/bin locations. > > Has anyone seen this issue, and aside from installing samba from > source, have a solution to > this problem? Thanks.---- are you sure that is the file being used? what is output of the command... testparm -s |grep passdb Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
Kaplan, Andrew H. wrote:> Hi there -- > > I am having an issue with the Samba package, release 3.033375, that came > bundled with the > CentOS 5.3 distribution. It seems that even though I created the > smbpasswd file, located at > the /etc/samba directory, I am unable to modify the password of the > users listed in it.Is that version still using the old smbpasswd backend? Please put config file on mailinglist or to pastebin.com -- Eero
Hi there --
Thanks for your reply. The output from the testparm command is shown below:
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Processing section "[homes]"
Processing section "[printers]"
Processing section "[roinventory]"
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
passdb backend = tdbsam
Evidently this version of samba is not using smbpasswd backend. If that is the
case what would be the correct command syntax to use here?
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Kaplan, Andrew H. wrote:> Hi there --
>
> I am having an issue with the Samba package, release 3.033375, that came
> bundled with the
> CentOS 5.3 distribution. It seems that even though I created the
> smbpasswd file, located at
> the /etc/samba directory, I am unable to modify the password of the
> users listed in it.
Is that version still using the old smbpasswd backend? Please put config
file on mailinglist or to pastebin.com
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From: "Kaplan, Andrew H." <AHKAPLAN at PARTNERS.ORG>>I am having an issue with the Samba package, release 3.033375, that came bundled with the > >CentOS 5.3 distribution. It seems that even though I created the smbpasswd file, located at > >the /etc/samba directory, I am unable to modify the password of the users listed in it. >I can run the /usr/bin/smbpasswd -a <username> command as root, and even though there > >are no errors, a subsequent check of the smbpasswd file indicates the username in question > >is still listed with the series of X's and NO PASSWORD indicator. >I have confirmed through the find command the only instances of smbpasswd are those at the > >/etc/samba and /usr/bin locations. >Has anyone seen this issue, and aside from installing samba from source, have a solution to > >this problem? Thanks.I have "smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd" in my smb.conf... JD