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Paul L. Lussier

1999-May-26 14:39 UTC

Changing Windows passwords

Hi all,

Is there a way to use the "encrypt passwords" and the "passwd
chat" programs
simultaneously?  smb.conf(5) doesn't mention anything about them being 
mutually exclusive, yet when I run testparm on the smb.conf file, I get:

	ERROR: the 'passwd chat' script [...]  expects to use the old
	plaintext password via the %o substitution. With encrypted
	passwords this is not possible.

So, how then can I run a Samba PDC, which requires encrypted passwords, *and*
allow people to be able to change their passwords (Unix and Windows) from
windows, if the 'passwd chat' and 'encrypt passwords" settings
are exclusive
of each other?

My config is:
	Samba 2.0.4
	RH 6.0 in an NIS environment
	(I'm wanted to use yppasswd in the 'passwd chat' script)

Thanks for any insight!
-- 

Seeya,
Paul
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Gerald W. Carter

1999-May-26 14:53 UTC

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Changing Windows passwords

Paul L. Lussier wrote:> 
> So, how then can I run a Samba PDC, which requires 
> encrypted passwords, *and* allow people to be able to 
> change their passwords (Unix and Windows) from
> windows, if the 'passwd chat' and 'encrypt passwords" 
> settings are exclusive of each other?
> 
> My config is:
>         Samba 2.0.4
>         RH 6.0 in an NIS environment
>         (I'm wanted to use yppasswd in the 'passwd chat'
script)
This is fixed in the HEAD branch (pre-release code).  Not 
distributed except via CVS.  See the NT Domain FAQ for 
info about the PDC support.



Cheers,
jerry
________________________________________________________________________
                            Gerald ( Jerry ) Carter	
Engineering Network Services                           Auburn University 
jerry@eng.auburn.edu             http://www.eng.auburn.edu/users/cartegw

       "...a hundred billion castaways looking for a home."
                                  - Sting "Message in a Bottle" ( 1979
)

Stephen L Arnold

1999-May-26 20:56 UTC

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Samba access or Apache server?

When the world was young, Jeff Williamson <jwilli@abitasprings.com> 
and Steve Fosdick <steve.fosdick@aom.bt.co.uk> carved some runes 
like this:  
> Jeff Williamson wrote:
> 
> > Steve-thanks for the advice.
> > I've changed my hostname on the 95 box from "95" to
"win" but
> > the problem persists. The Apache server is of course running
> > on the Linux box.
> 
> > There is a trade-off here; either I have Samba access from my
> > win95 box to the Linux machine, or I can access Apache-but not
> > both. The way to change it is by including or omitting the
> > reference to the Linux box in /etc/hosts.
> 
> > Is this a bug?
>From my (albeit limited) experience with linux, samba, and apache it looks much more like a configuration issue than a bug (you are 
using one of the later versions of apache, right?).  I had a few 
adventures trying to compile/configure samba and apache the first 
couple times...

[snip]> 
> 1.  Do you have the DNS resolver configured for host
>     name lookup (see /etc/resolv.conf).
This is still a home network, right?  And if you're not running 
your own named, then you shouldn't need anything here unless you 
want to use your ISP's domain on your network.  Even if you do, you 
still won't have access to your ISP's DNS machines when you're not 
connected to the outside world.  Since you only have local 
hostnames in /etc/hosts (ie, no FQDNs) resolv.conf is not the 
problem.
> 2.  Does Linux implement a name service switch
>     (/etc/nsswitch.conf) and if so what does it have it in.
Yes it does, and the hosts line from nsswitch.conf (RedHat 4.2, 
kernel 2.0.30) looks like this (and should not need changing):

hosts:      files nisplus nis dns

Obviously, it will look in the local host table first (before 
trying DNS).
> 3.  What error message(s) do you get from the client when apache
>     isn't working properly.
Or more to the point, what exactly are you trying to do that's not 
working?  Have you tried something like http://192.168.1.6 in the 
browser?  If that works (but the hostname doesn't) then you need to 
specify the hostname in one of the apache config files (httpd.conf 
for my version of apache).  The comments are a tad misleading:

# ServerName allows you to set a host name which is sent back to
# clients for your server if it's different than the one the
# program would get (i.e. use "www" instead of the host's real
# name).

ServerName rama

This seems to imply that you don't need to specify this parameter 
unless you want to surf via http://www.domain.org, however, I found 
that Netscape would not resolve the URL (using the actual hostname 
instead of the IP address) unless I specified the real hostname via 
the above parameter.
> 4.  Immediately after an unsuccessful attempt to access apache
>     from a client, what are the last few lines in apache's error
>     log file (usually called error_log under whatever directory
>     apache is installed in.)
Yes, the apache logs should indicate whether this is the problem or 
not.

Hope this helps, Steve

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Hongwei Li

1999-May-26 21:33 UTC

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How to set EnablePlainTextPassword in Windows 98?

Hi,

Can somebody tell me how to set EnablePlainTextPassword in Windows 98?
I know for windows 95 and NT, but not for windows 98.

Thanks!

Hongwei Li

Gerald W. Carter

1999-May-26 22:09 UTC

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How to set EnablePlainTextPassword in Windows 98?

Hongwei Li wrote:> 
> Hi,
> 
> Can somebody tell me how to set EnablePlainTextPassword in Windows 98?
> I know for windows 95 and NT, but not for windows 98.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Hongwei Li
Same as Win95
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________________________________________________________________________
                            Gerald ( Jerry ) Carter	
Engineering Network Services                           Auburn University 
jerry@eng.auburn.edu             http://www.eng.auburn.edu/users/cartegw

       "...a hundred billion castaways looking for a home."
                                  - Sting "Message in a Bottle" ( 1979
)

Ilya Balashov

1999-May-27 09:33 UTC

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win2000 with samba 2.0.4b

i use win2000 beta3 with samba 2.0.4
after connect to share i cannot change any directorys in this share...



tsw logged in as admin user (root privileges)
  doing parameter log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m
  doing parameter max log size = 100
  doing parameter debug timestamp = no
doing parameter read only = no
doing parameter case sensitive = no
doing parameter mangle case = no
doing parameter default case = lower
doing parameter preserve case = yes
doing parameter short preserve case = yes
doing parameter map system = no
doing parameter map archive = no
doing parameter wide links = no
doing parameter getwd cache = yes
doing parameter read prediction = yes
doing parameter read raw = yes
doing parameter write raw = yes
doing parameter dos filetimes = yes
doing parameter lock directory = /usr/local/samba/var/lock
doing parameter locking = yes
doing parameter oplock break wait time = 50
doing parameter strict locking = no
doing parameter share modes = yes
doing parameter create mask = 640
doing parameter directory mode = 750
doing parameter force create mode = 640
doing parameter force directory mode = 750
doing parameter delete readonly = no
doing parameter status = yes
doing parameter security = domain
doing parameter encrypt passwords = yes
doing parameter password level = 4
doing parameter null passwords = no
doing parameter password server = SHADOW
doing parameter announce as = NT
doing parameter available = yes
doing parameter deadtime = 5
doing parameter netbios name = FServer
doing parameter socket options = TCP_NODELAY
doing parameter bind interfaces only = True
doing parameter interfaces = 192.168.3.1/255.255.255.0
doing parameter domain master = no
doing parameter local master = yes
doing parameter preferred master = no
doing parameter os level = 30
doing parameter browseable = yes
doing parameter browse list = yes
doing parameter max open files = 10000
doing parameter default service = homes
doing parameter homedir map = /home
doing parameter time server = yes
doing parameter wins server = 192.168.3.100
doing parameter wins proxy = yes
doing parameter dns proxy = no
Processing section "[homes]"
doing parameter comment = Home Directories
doing parameter browseable = no
doing parameter read only = no
doing parameter printable = no
doing parameter public = no
doing parameter locking = yes
doing parameter create mode = 660
doing parameter directory mode = 770
Processing section "[Profiles]"
doing parameter comment = Users Profiles
doing parameter browseable = no
doing parameter printable = no
doing parameter guest ok = yes
doing parameter path = /storage/profiles
Processing section "[netlogon]"
doing parameter comment = Samba Network Logon Service
doing parameter path = /storage/netlogon
doing parameter locking = yes
doing parameter writable = no
doing parameter browseable = no
doing parameter public = yes
doing parameter share modes = no
doing parameter guest ok = yes
Processing section "[groups]"
doing parameter comment = data directory
doing parameter path = /storage/groups
doing parameter read only = no
doing parameter printable = no
doing parameter public = yes
doing parameter writable = yes
doing parameter locking = yes
doing parameter create mode = 660
doing parameter directory mode = 770
Processing section "[Inec_Tech]"
doing parameter comment = data directory
doing parameter path = /storage/Inec_Tech
doing parameter read only = no
doing parameter printable = no
doing parameter public = yes
doing parameter writable = yes
doing parameter locking = yes
doing parameter create mode = 660
doing parameter directory mode = 770
Processing section "[data]"
doing parameter comment = data directory
doing parameter path = /storage/data
doing parameter read only = no
doing parameter printable = no
doing parameter public = yes
doing parameter writable = yes
doing parameter locking = yes
doing parameter create mode = 660
doing parameter directory mode = 770
Processing section "[programs]"
doing parameter comment = programs directory
doing parameter path = /storage/programs
doing parameter read only = no
doing parameter printable = no
doing parameter public = yes
doing parameter writable = yes
doing parameter locking = yes
doing parameter create mode = 660
doing parameter directory mode = 770
Processing section "[tmp]"
doing parameter comment = tmp directory
doing parameter path = /storage/tmp
doing parameter read only = no
doing parameter printable = no
doing parameter public = yes
doing parameter writable = yes
doing parameter locking = yes
doing parameter create mode = 666
doing parameter directory mode = 777
Processing section "[cdrom]"
doing parameter comment = CD-ROM
doing parameter path = /cdrom
doing parameter read only = yes
doing parameter printable = no
doing parameter public = yes
doing parameter writable = no
doing parameter locking = no
pm_process() returned Yes
adding IPC service
nobody is in 2 groups: 65534, 65534
uid 65534 registered to name nobody
Clearing default real name
Chained message
switch message SMBtconX (pid 13417)
Got device type ?????
ACCEPTED: guest account and guest ok
Connect path is /tmp
dos_ChDir to /tmp
dos_ChDir to /
pentagram (192.168.3.101) connect to service IPC$ as user nobody (uid=65534,
gid=65534) (pid 13417)
tconX service=ipc$ user=nobody
Transaction 428 of length 73
switch message SMBtconX (pid 13417)
Got device type ?????
ACCEPTED: validated uid ok as non-guest
tsw logged in as admin user (root privileges)
Connect path is /storage/programs
tsw is in 4 groups: 1001, 1001, 0, 1003
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
dos_ChDir to /
pentagram (192.168.3.101) connect to service programs as user tsw (uid=1056,
gid=1001) (pid 13417)
tconX service=programs user=tsw
Transaction 429 of length 92
switch message SMBntcreateX (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
unix_clean_name [/]
reduce_name [.] [/storage/programs]
Transaction 430 of length 87
switch message SMBtrans2 (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
call_trans2findfirst: dirtype = 22, maxentries = 1366, close_after_first=0,
close_if_end = 1 requires_resume_key = 1 level = 260, max_data_bytes = 16384
unix_clean_name [/*]
reduce_name [*] [/storage/programs]
reduce_name [./] [/storage/programs]
reduced to ./
creating new dirptr 256 for path ./, expect_close = 1
dptr_num is 256, wcard = *, attr = 22
closing dptr key 256
SMBtrans2 mask=* directory=./ dirtype=22 numentries=11
Transaction 431 of length 45
switch message SMBclose (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
close directory fnum=7073
Transaction 432 of length 90
switch message SMBntcreateX (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
unix_clean_name []
reduce_name [.] [/storage/programs]
Transaction 433 of length 45
switch message SMBclose (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/tmp
close directory fnum=7071
Transaction 434 of length 90
switch message SMBntcreateX (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
unix_clean_name []
reduce_name [.] [/storage/programs]
calling open_file with flags=0x0 flags2=0x0 mode=0660
Error opening file . (Is a directory) (flags=0)
fd_attempt_close fd = -1, dev = ffffffff, inode = 4294967295, open_flags 2,
ref_count = 1.
32 bit error packet at line 795 cmd=162 (SMBntcreateX) eclass=c00000ba
[Error: Unknown error (186,49152)]
error string = Is a directory
Transaction 435 of length 92
switch message SMBntcreateX (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
unix_clean_name [/]
reduce_name [.] [/storage/programs]
Transaction 436 of length 45
switch message SMBclose (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
close directory fnum=7074
Transaction 437 of length 92
switch message SMBntcreateX (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
unix_clean_name [/]
reduce_name [.] [/storage/programs]
Transaction 438 of length 87
switch message SMBtrans2 (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
call_trans2findfirst: dirtype = 22, maxentries = 1366, close_after_first=0,
close_if_end = 1 requires_resume_key = 1 level = 260, max_data_bytes = 16384
unix_clean_name [/*]
reduce_name [*] [/storage/programs]
reduce_name [./] [/storage/programs]
reduced to ./
creating new dirptr 256 for path ./, expect_close = 1
dptr_num is 256, wcard = *, attr = 22
closing dptr key 256
SMBtrans2 mask=* directory=./ dirtype=22 numentries=11
Transaction 439 of length 45
switch message SMBclose (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
close directory fnum=7077
Transaction 440 of length 90
switch message SMBntcreateX (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
unix_clean_name []
reduce_name [.] [/storage/programs]
Transaction 441 of length 88
switch message SMBnttrans (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
call_nt_transact_notify_change
call_nt_transact_notify_change: notify change called on directory name = .
Transaction 442 of length 40
switch message SMBntcancel (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
32 bit error packet at line 1347 cmd=160 (SMBnttrans) eclass=c0000120
[Error: Unknown error (32,49152)]
reply_ntcancel: cancel called on mid = 21761.
Transaction 443 of length 45
switch message SMBclose (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
close directory fnum=7078
Transaction 444 of length 90
switch message SMBntcreateX (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
unix_clean_name []
reduce_name [.] [/storage/programs]
calling open_file with flags=0x0 flags2=0x0 mode=0660
Error opening file . (Is a directory) (flags=0)
fd_attempt_close fd = -1, dev = ffffffff, inode = 4294967295, open_flags 2,
ref_count = 1.
32 bit error packet at line 795 cmd=162 (SMBntcreateX) eclass=c00000ba
[Error: Unknown error (186,49152)]
error string = Is a directory
Transaction 445 of length 92
switch message SMBntcreateX (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
unix_clean_name [/]
reduce_name [.] [/storage/programs]
Transaction 446 of length 45
switch message SMBclose (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
close directory fnum=7076
Transaction 447 of length 92
switch message SMBntcreateX (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
unix_clean_name [/]
reduce_name [.] [/storage/programs]
Transaction 448 of length 87
switch message SMBtrans2 (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
call_trans2findfirst: dirtype = 22, maxentries = 1366, close_after_first=0,
close_if_end = 1 requires_resume_key = 1 level = 260, max_data_bytes = 16384
unix_clean_name [/*]
reduce_name [*] [/storage/programs]
reduce_name [./] [/storage/programs]
reduced to ./
creating new dirptr 256 for path ./, expect_close = 1
dptr_num is 256, wcard = *, attr = 22
closing dptr key 256
SMBtrans2 mask=* directory=./ dirtype=22 numentries=11
Transaction 449 of length 45
switch message SMBclose (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
close directory fnum=7081
Transaction 450 of length 90
switch message SMBntcreateX (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
unix_clean_name []
reduce_name [.] [/storage/programs]
Transaction 451 of length 88
switch message SMBnttrans (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
call_nt_transact_notify_change
call_nt_transact_notify_change: notify change called on directory name = .
Transaction 452 of length 106
switch message SMBntcreateX (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
unix_clean_name [/install]
reduce_name [install] [/storage/programs]
Transaction 453 of length 45
switch message SMBclose (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
close directory fnum=7080
Transaction 454 of length 40
switch message SMBntcancel (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
32 bit error packet at line 1347 cmd=160 (SMBnttrans) eclass=c0000120
[Error: Unknown error (32,49152)]
reply_ntcancel: cancel called on mid = 22336.
Transaction 455 of length 45
switch message SMBclose (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
close directory fnum=7082
Transaction 456 of length 106
switch message SMBntcreateX (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
unix_clean_name [/install]
reduce_name [install] [/storage/programs]
calling open_file with flags=0x0 flags2=0x0 mode=0660
Error opening file install (Is a directory) (flags=0)
fd_attempt_close fd = -1, dev = ffffffff, inode = 4294967295, open_flags 2,
ref_count = 1.
32 bit error packet at line 795 cmd=162 (SMBntcreateX) eclass=c00000ba
[Error: Unknown error (186,49152)]
error string = Is a directory
Transaction 457 of length 90
switch message SMBntcreateX (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
unix_clean_name []
reduce_name [.] [/storage/programs]
Transaction 458 of length 45
switch message SMBclose (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
close directory fnum=7083
Transaction 459 of length 92
switch message SMBntcreateX (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
unix_clean_name [/]
reduce_name [.] [/storage/programs]
Transaction 460 of length 87
switch message SMBtrans2 (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
call_trans2findfirst: dirtype = 22, maxentries = 1366, close_after_first=0,
close_if_end = 1 requires_resume_key = 1 level = 260, max_data_bytes = 16384
unix_clean_name [/*]
reduce_name [*] [/storage/programs]
reduce_name [./] [/storage/programs]
reduced to ./
creating new dirptr 256 for path ./, expect_close = 1
dptr_num is 256, wcard = *, attr = 22
closing dptr key 256
SMBtrans2 mask=* directory=./ dirtype=22 numentries=11
Transaction 461 of length 45
switch message SMBclose (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
close directory fnum=7086
Transaction 462 of length 90
switch message SMBntcreateX (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
unix_clean_name []
reduce_name [.] [/storage/programs]
Transaction 463 of length 88
switch message SMBnttrans (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
dos_ChDir to /storage/programs
call_nt_transact_notify_change
call_nt_transact_notify_change: notify change called on directory name = .
Transaction 464 of length 39
switch message SMBtdis (pid 13417)
dos_ChDir to /
pentagram (192.168.3.101) closed connection to service tmp
Yielding connection to tmp
Yielding connection to STATUS.
Yield successful

Stephen L Arnold

1999-May-28 01:50 UTC

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Sessions that don't die

On 27 May 99, Tony House <tonyh@menzies.su.edu.au> had questions 
about Sessions that don't die:  
> I have encountered an interesting problem over the last several
> weeks. We run Samba 2.0.2 on a Sun sparc machine running Solaris
> 2.7 connected to PCs all running Windows 95.  Occasionally, after
> a PC is shut down, a Samba process will persist on the Sun.  That
> process will be using copious amounts of the available cpu - one
> was using 98%.  This process will persist for many hours.  For
> the ones I have noticed I have had to use the "kill" command. 
This sounds like a race condition (I don't have a CS degree, but I 
know some big words).  It could be a problem with the samba binary 
or a shared lib.  Did you compile it yourself, and if so, did you 
use the (slightly broken) sun c compiler or gcc?  Did you verify 
you're linking with the right libs (and the right versions) or just 
run configure and then make?

I know there're many of you out there who know much more about this 
than I do (somebody bail me out of this please)...

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http://www.rain.org/~sarnold

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