samba - Sep 2004 - Can't delete smbpasswd user if not in /etc/passwd

Hi all,

	Looking for a solution to the following:-

# smbpasswd -x jh---
build_sam_account: smbpasswd database is corrupt!  username jh--- with uid 1774
is not in unix passwd database!
Failed to initialise SAM_ACCOUNT for user jh---. Does this user exist in the
UNIX password database ?
Failed to modify password entry for user jh---
#


Ths user has already been deleted from the /etc/passwd  (in fact NIS
passwd), so all we're trying to do is to remove them from smbpasswd too.

Seems an odd requirement that a user one is trying to delete has to
exist in UNIX passwd!


Any ideas?
                               Mac
          Assistant Systems Adminstrator @nibsc.ac.uk
                        dmccann@nibsc.ac.uk
   Work: +44 1707 641565          Everything else: +44 7956 237670 (anytime)

>
>	Looking for a solution to the following:-
>
># smbpasswd -x jh---
>build_sam_account: smbpasswd database is corrupt!  username jh--- with uid
1774 is not in unix passwd database!
>Failed to initialise SAM_ACCOUNT for user jh---. Does this user exist in the
UNIX password database ?
>Failed to modify password entry for user jh---
>#
>
>
>Ths user has already been deleted from the /etc/passwd  (in fact NIS
>passwd), so all we're trying to do is to remove them from smbpasswd too.
>
>Seems an odd requirement that a user one is trying to delete has to
>exist in UNIX passwd!
>

Sorry, should have said.

Samba 3.0.6 on IRIX 6.5.  Compiled from sources.  I didn't see anything
about this is the 3.0.7 'What's New'.




                               Mac
          Assistant Systems Adminstrator @nibsc.ac.uk
                        dmccann@nibsc.ac.uk
   Work: +44 1707 641565          Everything else: +44 7956 237670 (anytime)

Seems shody but cant you just add the user again to /etc/passwd. Then  
delete both.


Alex

On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 09:54:59 +0100 (BST), Mac <mac@nibsc.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> 	Looking for a solution to the following:-
>
> # smbpasswd -x jh---
> build_sam_account: smbpasswd database is corrupt!  username jh--- with  
> uid 1774 is not in unix passwd database!
> Failed to initialise SAM_ACCOUNT for user jh---. Does this user exist in  
> the UNIX password database ?
> Failed to modify password entry for user jh---
> #
>
>
> Ths user has already been deleted from the /etc/passwd  (in fact NIS
> passwd), so all we're trying to do is to remove them from smbpasswd
too.
>
> Seems an odd requirement that a user one is trying to delete has to
> exist in UNIX passwd!
>
>
> Any ideas?
>                                Mac
>           Assistant Systems Adminstrator @nibsc.ac.uk
>                         dmccann@nibsc.ac.uk
>    Work: +44 1707 641565          Everything else: +44 7956 237670  
> (anytime)


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