NET PASSWORD from Win95

Michael Huttinger
Thu, 09 Oct 1997 16:44:49 -0000

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.

As a side note, just a few days ago I got a call from our users that no-one
was able to log in to their workstations, that their login was not
validated.  Rebooting the samba server fixed the problem, but I am unaware
as to what exactly happened.  It sounds similar to what others have
experienced with "hung" logins from Win95.

Thanks for the great support (and info) this group has.  Always makes for
interesting reading between code compiles...

      --Mike Huttinger
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