>>Tilo Lutz schrieb: >>>I use some programs to clone a windows workstation and >>>duplicate it's image on other workstations. >>>After cloning I change the workstation name and add a >>>machine account on the samba pdc. >>>Now I want to create a new password for the workstation >>>account and store it.
>>>>Notebook:/etc/samba # smbpasswd -m test >>>>Failed to set password for user test$. >>>>Failed to modify password entry for user test$ > Am Sonntag, 3. Juli 2005 14:55 schrieb Martin Petersen: > >>As far as I know You need to set a system account. smbpasswd gives this >>error because of the missing user entry for test$ in /etc/passwd. > So the system machine account exits but smbpasswd will not allow to > create the samba user account for this machine? > After I've read Your first post again: Maybe the machine account doesn't > even need a password but You only need to to add the account with > smbpasswd -a -m test$? No, everything is fine. I can add and remove workstations without problems. But as soon as I try to change the workstations password with smbpasswd -m -w workstation or (echo pass;echo pass) | smbpasswd -s -m -e workstation I get the above error. Cheers, Tilo -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba