On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 14:40 +0100, Bob Latham wrote: > In article <1219990339.2949.1.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, > Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 10:04 +0100, Bob Latham wrote: > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > > > Using Fedora8. > > > > > > I find some users I create have no problem having their smb passwords > > > changed using smbpasswd. Others simply don't work and I get the error > > > message "Failed to modify password entry for user <whatever>". > > > > > > What are the possible causes for this, and could you point me at a > > > method of fixing it please? > > > > > > I remember from a fiddle I had with Linux some years ago that I used > > > to have to copy the OS user passwords to SMB passwords using a method > > > like this... > > > > > > cat /etc/passwd | mksmbpasswd.sh > /etc/samba/smbpasswd > > > > > > Is this procedure still required? > > > ---- No way...and I don't recall when that ever would have worked. > > > users changing their password from command line smbpasswd, I've never > > seen that fail. It makes no sense that it would fail. > > Hi Craig, > > Thanks for the help. > > So I should never need to do this? > > Okay, so how does Samba authenticate users (no other server) is it with > the smbpasswd file? If so how does it get its info? > > In stupidity and desperation I've managed to break my smbpasswd file. Now > the command smbpasswd -a <name> doesn't function at all. Is there anyway > to repair it? Or get a default copy? ---- not that I am aware of...backup is the method used to protect yourself ---- > > The amazing thing is, the samba shares still work after a reboot with no > smbpasswd file. I'm so confused, I think i've got my head around how it > works and then something comes along and proves I had it wrong again. > > I only want to set up samba shares. <sob> ---- I'm not sure that Fedora 9 uses an smbpasswd passdb by default. What is output (as root) of command... testparm -s |grep passdb ? Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
