similar to: changing smbpasswd password rules

I just created a new smbpasswd file, all users with unset passwords. Problem is, users can't set their passwords, only I can as root. Password is not set / blank, but they still get: >test> smbpasswd >Old SMB password: <enter> >New SMB password: Samba >Retype new SMB password: Samba >machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the password change: Error was : RAP86: The >specified

On my Samba-server (normal) users aren't abled to change their password. When they use smbpasswd they are asked to insert the old password, the new pasword and to confirm the new password. After the confirmation of the new password they receive an error: machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the password change: Error was : RAP86: The specified password is invalid. Failed to change password for

Is smbpasswd run as root or local when an XP Pro domain client tries to change password? System Fedora Core 4/SeLinuxSecurity disabled SAMBA 3.0.20 PDC unix password sync=yes passwd backend smbpasswd Problem - Users logged into XP pro cannot change password Detail: When a user tries to change their password they get the error message: "You do not have permission to change your

I have a samba PDC set up and configured. I have been doing tests and everything was working fine. I was able to set "User must change password" to today's date and it would prompt the user that their password has expired when logging into windows xp. I could then enter a new password and be on my way. Now when I set the password to "User must change password", when I

I've this problems. I'm using on my smb.conf # Sincronizacion de cuentas LDAP, NT y LM # unix password sync = Yes ldap passwd sync = Yes passwd program = /usr/sbin/smbldap-passwd -u "%u" passwd chat = "Changing *\nNew password*" %n\n "*Retype new password*" %n\n" [2009/09/03 14:05:16, 1] smbd/chgpasswd.c:change_oem_password(1057) Sep 3 14:05:16

Dear Members, I face a problem in changing the samba password from a remote machine.The error is stated as RAP86. The version of Samba file sharing that I'm using is 2.2.7 The problem comes as follows; [Thushani@smbserver Thushani]$ smbpasswd Old SMB password: New SMB password: Retype new SMB password: machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the password change: Error was : RAP86: The specified

Salim, Yes I do have permission to run the passwd command as a local user, I can change the unix password just fine. It is when I do the smbpasswd command that that error comes up. Thanks for looking at this! Tony --- Salim Zakharia <Salim@mdsuae.ae> wrote: > Try to check if users have permission to run: > /usr/bin/passwd let user > try to change his password locally on

I have been trying for hours to get the unix password sync going properly with Samba 1.9.18p4 running on FreeBSD 2.2.5 I have compiled Samba with the ALLOW_CHANGE_PASSWORD option enabled. I created the smbpasswd file as ENCRYPTION.txt states, and can set passwords as root. However, when a user tries changing their password, it doesn't work. The error reported is:

Dear all, I'm running samba-3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.4/smbldap-tools-0.9.4-1 on Ubuntu Hardy with the Samba+OpenLDAP setup. I found some problems with password change. With the following settings in smb.conf: ldap passwd sync = Yes passwd program = /usr/sbin/smbldap-passwd %u passwd chat = New password:%n\nRetype new password:%n\n unix password sync = no ... 1. When I

Hi, we've have a NT domain with samba 3.0.7 on FreeBSD 5.3 and windows XP clients. We use NIS as the Unix backend for user authentication. The User home dir are setup on a other serveur and shared via NFS. Everything used to work fine but since few days the users are unable to change their password either via windows dialog box (the get the usual message "You don't have the

Hi, Any user (besides root) cannot execute smbpasswd, neither for command line nor from the WinNT "Change password dialog". Samba works as a PDC for the domain. Additional info: 1) konsole output: Old SMB password: machine 127.0.01 rejected the password change: Error was: The specified password is invalid. Failed to change password for USERNAME (USERNAME stands for a real user name

I have a samba pdc running 3.0.4. I have users logging into the profile server and wanting to change there password. However when they try to change the password it asks them for the old and new password but says they do not have permission to change the password. I can change the password for them when I log into the pdc as root but when I try to do it as user it gives the error: machine

Hi! For some reason unknown to me, I'm completely unable to change my Samba password using smbpasswd. I always get: [19:57:36 alexander@server:~] $ smbpasswd Old SMB password: New SMB password: Retype new SMB password: machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the password change: Error was : RAP86: The specified password is invalid. Failed to change password for alexander Despite the error message,

Good $TIME! ;) I'm having the following problem with Samba 3.0.0 on a Solaris 8 machine. root_s07nfs:/opt/samba3/private/ > ls -la total 24 drwxrwxr-x 2 root other 96 Oct 14 10:12 . drwxrwxr-x 9 root other 4096 Oct 9 07:15 .. -rw------- 1 root root 8192 Oct 14 10:11 secrets.tdb -rw------- 1 root root 0 Oct 14 10:13 smbpasswd

Hi all. I am trying to let users change their passwords from the swap webpage. But in the password interface when a user wants to change his password I get the following error : "machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the session setup. Error was : Not listening for calling name." OS: Debian 3.0 Samba v: 2.2.3 I have no problems changing the smb passwords as root, but when I login as a regular

Hello, Just today I started getting this error message when the user changes his password using smbpasswd. The password does change. But I see this error message in the log file and the machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the password change: Error was : RAP86: The specified password is invalid. Failed to change password for luser2 Jul 25 22:44:53 sambaserver1 smbd[18878]:

Hi all, I posted a message about this problem a couple of weeks ago without a response so I'm trying again. My problem is that samba does not seem to be running passwd as root when it tries to sync the passwords. For example, when I run smbpasswd as a user logged onto the samba box I get the following error: machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the password change: Error was : RAP86: The specified

>On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 12:02 , Kopmann, Goetz <Goetz.Kopmann@airbus.com> sent: Arrrgllll. This is what the spammer loves ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>Hi Sean, >> >>> smbpasswd >>> Old SMB password: >>> New SMB password: >>> Retype new SMB password: >>> machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the password change: Error was : RAP86: The

Dear all, when I try to change my password as ordinary user using "smbpasswd", I get the following error message: machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the password change: Error was : RAP86: The specified password is invalid. I'm sure my old password is correct and the new password also. If I change the ordinary user password as root, everything works fine... I would appreciate your help,

Hi Sean, > smbpasswd > Old SMB password: > New SMB password: > Retype new SMB password: > machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the password change: Error was : RAP86: The > specified password is invalid. > Failed to change password for testuser We have exactly the same problem with Samba v2.2.8a. We found out that the password change process works if you set "unix password sync =