thanks Shawn, your method worked.
> I just had this problem try smbpasswd -a it sounds kinda goofy but it > worked for me. But Im not using ldap. It would make sense that samba > wouldnt find it if your using ldap by using smbpasswd wouldnt you need > to use smbldap command for changing passwd. > Just a thought Ya you are right, but my users are unable to join the samba server until i do this. i.e. smbpasswd -a testuser thanks again bye > Yunus wrote: > > > hi list > > > > i have got a redhat 9 system with samba-3.0.2a installed running as a PDC. > > I am using the smbldap-tools-8.5 from idealx.org. > > > > now the problem is that when i try to change change a user password using > > smbpasswd i get this: > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] smb-pdc]#>/usr/local/samba/bin/smbpasswd testuser > > New SMB password: > > Retype new SMB password: > > Failed to find entry for user testuser. > > Failed to modify password entry for user testuser > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > I have another samba server running as PDC on another machine with the > same > > configuration without trouble. I don't know whats wrong with this one. > > > > > > below is my smb.conf file > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [global] > > workgroup = SMB-NT > > netbios name = PDC-SMB-MAGNET > > server string = SAMBA-LDAP PDC Server > > encrypt passwords = Yes > > passwd program = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-passwd -o %u > > passwd chat = *new*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *successfully* > > ldap passwd sync = Yes > > #unix password sync = Yes > > username map = /usr/local/samba/smbusers > > min passwd length = 3 > > obey pam restrictions = No > > log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log > > log level = 0 > > max log size = 10000 > > socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 > > mangling method = hash2 > > Dos charset = 850 > > Unix charset = ISO8859-1 > > domain logons = Yes > > os level = 80 > > preferred master = Yes > > domain master = True > > dns proxy = No > > wins support = Yes > > ; SAMBA-LDAP declarations > > ldap suffix = dc=magnet,dc=pdc > > ldap user suffix = ou=Users > > ldap group suffix = ou=Groups > > ldap machine suffix = ou=Computers > > ldap admin dn = cn=manager,dc=magnet,dc=pdc > > ldap idmap suffix = ou=Users > > ldap port = 389 > > ldap server = 127.0.0.1 > > ldap ssl = No > > ;printing = lprng > > ; Deactivate opportunistic locks (wised) > > ; opLocks = False > > ; encoding to french > > ;character set = iso8859-1 > > ; using smbldap-tools to add machines > > add user script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-useradd -m %u > > #delete user script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-userdel "%u" > > add machine script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-useradd -w "%u" > > add group script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-groupadd -p "%g" > > #delete group script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-groupdel "%g" > > add user to group script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-groupmod -m "%u" "%g" > > delete user from group script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-groupmod -x "%u" > "%g" > > set primary group script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-usermod -g "%g" "%u" > > ; users and groups allowed to be 'Domain Admins' > > ;admin users = " @"Domain Admins" " > > admin users = root > > [homes] > > comment = Home Directories > > valid users = %S > > read only = No > > create mask = 0664 > > directory mask = 0775 > > browseable = No > > [netlogon] > > comment = Network Logon Service > > path = /opt/samba/netlogon > > guest ok = Yes > > [profiles] > > path = /opt/samba/profiles > > writeable = yes > > browseable = no > > create mode = 0644 > > directory mode = 0755 > > guest ok = yes > > [printers] > > comment = All Printers > > path = /var/spool/samba > > printable = Yes > > browseable = No > > [tmp] > > comment = Temporary file space > > path = /tmp > > read only = No > > guest ok = Yes > > > > #[public] > > # comment = public > > # path = /home/ > > # guest ok = Yes > > # read only = No > > # directory mask = 0775 > > # create mask = 0664 > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > > > now i need some help from this list. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > yunus -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
