samba - Apr 2001 - System password to login to SWAT

Hi!

I'm running a Samba server at a University Department.

I'd like to let my users change their "Samba password" through
SWAT.
So i've done a few hacks in swat.c
Nothing much, essentialy i've adapted the interface and removed the other 
stuff.

I don't have password sync between Samba and the system, because i want to 
let my users have separate passwords.

Well...
As far as i can see, to initially login to SWAT, one must provide the system 
password...
Not the Samba password, which doesn't seem very logical to me.

Although i can live with that perfectly, my users will probably get confused.

Is there a way (or a hack) for SWAT to ask for the Samba password (and 
therefore, not the system password) in the initial login?

Of course i'm not much of a C programmer :-)

Thanks in advance,
M?rio Gamito
pt is for Portugal

Hi,

what clients are you running? Samba 2.0.7 when used with Windows NT4.0
clients will successfully change user passwords through the Windows NT
Interface (while logged on you can press ctr+alt+del and choose change
password).

I am not sure if this is applicable to you at all, but if it is it will
certainly save you the effort of having to change SWAT around.

HTH,

Cheers,
Makis.
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> Subject: System password to login to SWAT
>
>
> Hi!
>
> I'm running a Samba server at a University Department.
>
> I'd like to let my users change their "Samba password"
through SWAT.
> So i've done a few hacks in swat.c
> Nothing much, essentialy i've adapted the interface and
> removed the other
> stuff.
>
> I don't have password sync between Samba and the system,
> because i want to
> let my users have separate passwords.
>
> Well...
> As far as i can see, to initially login to SWAT, one must
> provide the system
> password...
> Not the Samba password, which doesn't seem very logical to me.
>
> Although i can live with that perfectly, my users will
> probably get confused.
>
> Is there a way (or a hack) for SWAT to ask for the Samba
> password (and
> therefore, not the system password) in the initial login?
>
> Of course i'm not much of a C programmer :-)
>
> Thanks in advance,
> M?rio Gamito
> pt is for Portugal
>
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Hi!
> what clients are you running? Samba 2.0.7 when used with Windows NT4.0
> clients will successfully change user passwords through the Windows NT
> Interface (while logged on you can press ctr+alt+del and choose change
> password).
>
> I am not sure if this is applicable to you at all, but if it is it will
> certainly save you the effort of having to change SWAT around.
First of all, Thank you for your help.

My clientes are all win98 and Macs :-(

M?rio Gamito
pt is for Portugal