On Mon, 2003-01-06 at 16:47, Dan Kirkpatrick wrote: > I just created a new smbpasswd file, all users with unset passwords. > Problem is, users can't set their passwords, only I can as root. > Password is not set / blank, but they still get: > > >test> smbpasswd > >Old SMB password: <enter> > >New SMB password: Samba > >Retype new SMB password: Samba > >machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the password change: Error was : RAP86: The > >specified password is invalid. > >Failed to change password for cas > >test> > > Works fine when changed as root, so everything else seems to be set ok....
Do you mean that once you've changed it, they can? > PS... any way to make the smbpasswd file using everyones unix password > that's already set? AFAIK this is not possible, the unix password is encrypted using a trapdoor function, so you can't get back to the plain-text password and thus re-encode it. Sorry, that's not what you'd want to hear. Mark -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
