Does anyone have any ideas what would cause the following error when user tries to change their smb password? The same error occurs when you use SWAT also. But root does not have a problem changing the passwords. Has anyone seen this before, and what was the correction? Regards, Mike Dame mailto:mdame@gulf-states.com =========================================================================$ smbpasswd Old SMB password: New SMB password: Retype new SMB password: machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the tconX on the IPC$ share. Error was : code 0. Failed to change password for XXXXXX ========================================================================= ====================== global section of smb.conf =======================[global] workgroup = xxxxxxxxxx netbios name = xxxxxxxxxx server string = Samba Server encrypt passwords = Yes syslog = 0 log file = /var/opt/samba/log.%m max log size = 1000 local master = No dns proxy = No read only = No short preserve case = No dos filetime resolution = Yes ==========================================================================
Resolution found on HP's ITRC Use one of the following methods to resolve the error: A. Change the UID for user nobody from '-2' to a positive number. Note: The disadvantage of changing the nobody account from its default is that it may corrupt NFS. It is recommended that you use option B. --OR-- B. Change the Samba 'guest account' option in /opt/samba/lib/smb.conf to an account with a positive ID, which must also reside in the passwd file. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Does anyone have any ideas what would cause the following error when user tries to change their smb password? The same error occurs when you use SWAT also. But root does not have a problem changing the passwords. Has anyone seen this before, and what was the correction? Regards, Mike Dame mailto:mdame@gulf-states.com