As I understand it, the password chat is only used with "unix password sync" and is not used with "ldap passwd sync". Are you using MD5 for your passwords? -Matt Craig White wrote: > On Tue, 2006-11-28 at 10:55 +1000, Matt Stucky (Office) wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I've set up FDS as the ldap back end for a Samba PDC. It is working >> well, but I'm having a problem with Windows users changing their >> password from Windows. When I use "ldap passwd sync = yes" (in the >> samba config) Windows users receive an error message when they attempt >> to change their password. What actually happens is their Samba/NT >> passwords are changed, but the posix password is not. If I use "ldap >> passwd sync = no" (default) then the users can successfully change their >> passwords but, as per the smb.conf man page, only the Samba/NT passwords >> are changed, not the posix password. I have FDS, User Admin tool >> (Webmin - LDAP users and Groups), and /etc/ldap.conf set to use MD5 for >> password hashing. >> >> If, on the server I run "smbpasswd test_user" and attempt to change a >> user's password that way; it gives me the error: >> --------------- >> ldapsam_modify_entry: LDAP Password could not be changed for user >> test_user: Confidentiality required >> Operation requires a secure connection. >> >> Failed to modify entry for user test_user. >> Failed to modify password entry for user test_user >> --------------- >> >> It looks like FDS requires SSL in order for a user's posix password to >> be changed from Samba/Windows. I need to have the Samba and posix >> passwords syncronized. Do I need to set up SSL for that to work, or is >> there something else I am missing? I found a post where someone used >> "unix password sync = yes" with smbldap-passwd for the password program >> as a workaround for this same problem, but I would prefer the tidier and >> simpler "ldap passwd sync = yes". Has anyone run into this and figured >> out how to make it work? >> > ---- > my guess is that you have something wrong with your 'password chat > script' in smb.conf or possibly something amiss in smbldap configuration > because it does work. > > Craig > > -- > Fedora-directory-users mailing list > Fedora-directory-users at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users >
