NET PASSWORD from Win95

Simon Hyde
Thu, 09 Oct 1997 21:31:19 -0000

On Fri, 10 Oct 1997 02:48:16 +1000, you wrote:
>
>Hello!
>
>I was wondering if anyone out there has been able to get the command:
>
>	NET PASSWORD \\sambaserver
>
>to work from within Windows95 talking to a Samba server?
>
>We're running Samba 1.9.17p2 and Linux (RedHat 4.1 2.0.27 kernel).  The
>Samba server is handling domain logons and roaming user profiles.  We need
>a nice easy way for idiot users to change their passwords when needed ...
>we're trying to avoid having them login to the Linux server if at all
>possible.
>
>>From reading the docs for Samba, it states that this "may or may
not work,
>depending on your installation".  We have compiled in the option to
allow
>this, but never seem to be able to get the silly thing to work, always
>returning a network error.  Otherwise, all else is fine and dandy.
>
Doesn't sound like you have actually done any playing around with the
smb.conf file, you might want to start by looking at the following 2
sections in man smb.conf, iirc the:
passwd chat
passwd program