samba - Apr 1999 - Swat password syncronization - HELP

Hi All

I've installed Samba 2.0.3 and coudn't put "unix passowrd
sync" to
work.

I set:
  passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
  passwd chat = *New*password:* %n\n *Re-enter*new*password:*
%n\n*changed.*
  passwd chat debug = Yes
  unix password sync = Yes
  log level = 100
 
The password page says "The password for 'user' has been
changed".
In fact it has been changed ! But only in smbpasswd. System password remains
untouched.

The log file has no reference to "password chat" string. It seems to
me
that the passwd program is not been executed anyway.

Is there any other thing to do besides ./configure; make installbin ??

I searched thru smbd binary and the strings refering to chgpasswd.c are
there. So the code was compiled with system password change support.
Any soul to the rescue?

System: Linux 2.0.36 

Best Regards

Ethy H. Brito         /"\
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On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Herb Lewis wrote:
> Try using the remote password change part and specify the local
> machine.
I think I found the problem.
Why root can not change the system password for another user thru smbd?
This is what is happening. If I login (swat) as root smbd only changes the smb
password. If I login as the user itself everything run smooth! Both
passwords are changed.

Take a look: (non-root user logged in)

[1999/04/01 17:04:37, 3] smbd/chgpasswd.c:chat_with_program(369)
  Dochild for user XYZW (uid=0,gid=0)
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^
                         passwd invoked as root! Right!

[1999/04/01 17:04:37, 10] smbd/chgpasswd.c:dochild(189)
  Invoking '/usr/bin/passwd XYZW' as password change program.
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
           "passwd user" correctly called! No "old password"
needed.
But the "old password" must be typed so that smbd verify against
smbpasswd.

[1999/04/01 17:04:38, 100] smbd/chgpasswd.c:talktochild(263)
  talktochild: chatbuf=[*changed.*] responsebuf=[
  Password changed.
  ]
[1999/04/01 17:04:38, 3] smbd/chgpasswd.c:chat_with_program(381)
  Password change successful for user XYZW

If I repeat with "root" login the passwd program don't even get
called!
It behaves like I set "unix password sync = No".

Any explanation? Is it the expected (normal) behavior?

Ethy H. Brito         /"\
InterNexo Ltda.       \ /  CAMPANHA DA FITA ASCII - CONTRA MAIL HTML
(012) 341-6860         X   ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN - AGAINST HTML MAIL
Sao Jose dos Campos   / \

Ethy wrote:
> The password page says "The password for 'user' has been
changed".
> In fact it has been changed ! But only in smbpasswd. System password
remains
> untouched.
Currently neither swat nor smbpasswd will synchronize users' UNIX
passwords when operated by root - this will be fixed at some point.

	Matt


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Matt Chapman
m.chapman@student.unsw.edu.au