Did you restart samba (/etc/init.d/smb restart)? You need to at least do a reload (/etc/init.d/smb reload) for config file changes to be read.
Rubin On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 08:09 +0900, Michael Heydon wrote: > Parag Kalra wrote: > > Hi Rubin, > > > > I made the changes suggested by you but still its not working. > > > > -- > > Parag Kalra > > > > On Feb 5, 2008 3:29 AM, Rubin Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 02:26 +0530, Parag Kalra wrote: > >> > >>> Hello all, > >>> > >>> I am trying to change the linux login password through the smbpasswd > >>> command by placing following parameters in smb.conf file: > >>> > >>> unix password sync = Yes > >>> passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u > >>> passwd chat = "*enter old password*" %o\\n "*Enter NEW password*" > >>> %n\\n "*reenter New passwd*" %n\\n "*password changed*" > >>> > >>> > >> testparm is your friend :) It should complain about the passwd command, > >> and for good reason; it shouldn't be there. Use: > >> pam password change = yes > >> instead, and get rid of the passwd program and passwd chat lines. > >> > >> > PAM is far from universal, there are plenty of OSes and distros that do > not include PAM. The man page doesn't say anything about passwd program > being depreciated, why would testparm complain about it? > > Are you getting anything in the logs when trying to reset the password? > Have you tried enabling passwd chat debug (you may have to up your log > level as well)? If you want to keep using passwd instead of PAM, could > you write a wrapper/replacement for passwd that logs everything that > happens? > >> HTH, > >> Rubin > >> > >> > > > > *Michael Heydon - IT Administrator * > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Rubin Bennett RB Technologies http://thatitguy.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] (802)223-4448 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary security deserve neither liberty nor safety" --Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
