Re: Why does smbpasswd not work for some users?

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In article <1220018091.2949.4.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
   Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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 ----

Bugger!
 
> > 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.

I think I'm using Fedora 8. Well, making a dog's breakfast of more like.

> What is output (as root) of command... testparm -s |grep passdb

[root@DarkStar ~]# testparm -s |grep passdb
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Processing section "[homes]"
Processing section "[printers]"
Processing section "[Staffshare]"
Processing section "[Studentshare]"
Processing section "[testshare]"
Processing section "[itgroup1]"
Processing section "[manage]"
Processing section "[sg1]"
Processing section "[sg2]"
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
        passdb backend = tdbsam
[root@DarkStar ~]# 


Cheers,

Bob.

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