On 22 Nov 2002, Bradley W. Langhorst wrote: > After a thorough google and marc search i'm shocked to find > this problem unmentioned... > > How does one go about changing the windows password from a unix machine > with no physical access to the windows machine sharing things?
SWAT provides the password change facility you are looking for. If you prefer a command line tool, smbpasswd has the same functionality - check the -U and -r options. The smbpasswd man page documents the password change options. If you need further help email me. Cheers, John T. > > samba 2.2.3a (debian woody) > windows2000 server > > thanks! > > brad > > note: here's my latest attempt. I tried this with and without a -c > parameter > > smbclient //coco2/c$ -c "net user bwlang *" -U bwlang > added interface ip=192.168.0.2 bcast=192.168.0.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 > added interface ip=192.168.0.3 bcast=192.168.0.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 > Got a positive name query response from 192.168.0.95 ( 192.168.0.95 ) > Password: > session setup failed: NT_STATUS_PASSWORD_MUST_CHANGE > > > -- John H Terpstra Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
