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I have a new problem. I'm currently running Samba4 4.4.16 as an AD/DC. I've been running this AD/DC for several years now. I am using redirected folders. Up to now, domain users logging onto any domain member Windows workstation would get their desktop. Recently I discovered that users now only get their desktop on their "usual" workstation, and the Desktop Target is in fact

...f the password. It was a script given to me by Roland, but proably he expected the change to be done from root. I can change the pw using the normal 'passwd', and that does change the domain crentials, but as this is done in a script, I need something that will work with stdin. I've triled chpasswd, but that is only permitted by root. The following did work for me in the yad script: passwd <<EOF $oldpw $newpw $newpw EOF --Mark

...was a script given to me by Roland, but proably he expected the > change to be done from root. > > I can change the pw using the normal 'passwd', and that does change the domain crentials, but > as this is done in a script, I need something that will work with stdin. I've triled chpasswd, > but that is only permitted by root. The following did work for me in the yad script: > > passwd <<EOF > $oldpw > $newpw > $newpw > EOF > Actually, that didn't quite work. It did change the domain password, but didn't reset the expiration days. So...