Dave Coventry wrote:
Sorry: the user told me she was in, but she is using someone else's
password. (her supervisor's)
It's no longer that she can't write to her home directory: she can't
log in at all now.
tail /var/log/samba/log.reception
[2010/01/13 16:07:33, 0] auth/pampass.c:smb_pam_accountcheck(791)
smb_pam_accountcheck: PAM: Account Validation Failed - Rejecting
User patience!
[2010/01/13 16:07:50, 0] auth/pampass.c:smb_pam_account(583)
smb_pam_account: PAM: UNKNOWN PAM ERROR (9) during Account
Management for User: patience
[2010/01/13 16:07:50, 0] auth/pampass.c:smb_pam_accountcheck(791)
smb_pam_accountcheck: PAM: Account Validation Failed - Rejecting
User patience!
[2010/01/13 16:08:32, 0] auth/pampass.c:smb_pam_account(583)
smb_pam_account: PAM: UNKNOWN PAM ERROR (9) during Account
Management for User: patience
[2010/01/13 16:08:32, 0] auth/pampass.c:smb_pam_accountcheck(791)
smb_pam_accountcheck: PAM: Account Validation Failed - Rejecting
User patience!
I have tried to reset her password using 'smbpasswd -a patience' to
reset the password, but it doesn't work; she cannot access the server.
Based on your earlier comment about capitalized names, I suggest you
remove the account and rebuild it. It's possible that you've got it
messed up beyond easy repair.
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