On 18/05/2010 12:47, Terry wrote: > I need samba users to be able to change there own password I have swat > running I can login as root and changes users passwords fine. But if I login > into swat as a normal user and try to change a password I get > > machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the password change: Error was : Password > restriction. > > The passwd for 'username' has NOT been changed. > > If I try it from the shell I also get > > samba# su user > %smbpasswd > Old SMB password: > New SMB password: > Retype new SMB password: > machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the password change: Error was : Password > restriction. > Failed to change password for user > > Is there a default setting in place restricting none root users from changing > there passwords ? > > samba-3.0.37,1 > > samba# testparm > Load smb config files from /usr/local/etc/smb.conf > Processing section "[homes]" > Loaded services file OK. > Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE > Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions > > [global] > netbios name = SERVER > > [homes] > read only = No > vfs objects = recycle > recycle:exclude = *.tmp, *.bak > recycle:keeptree = yes > recycle:repository = RecycleBin > recycle:touch = True > > > Thanks >
Ignore me it was the length of the password i used to test it with :( -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
