On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 12:55 AM ToddAndMargo via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Fedora 36 > samba-4.16.4-0.fc36.x86_64 > > # smbpasswd -U bozo > ... > mod_smbfilepwd_entry: opening file /var/lib/samba/private /smbpasswd > mod_smbfilepwd_entry: entry exists for user bozo > > And it does not change (user exists). I have to > vi delete bozo from /var/lib/samba/private /smbpasswd > and then add the user as a new account. > > What am I doing wrong? According to smbpasswd (8) man page,[1] the smbd daemon must be running on the local machine. Jeff [1] https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/current/man-html/smbpasswd.8.html _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue