Ok, I assume that your system does have a pam auth subsystem? What distro are you on, and may we see your smb.conf (you can omit the share definitions)?
Rubin On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 05:26 +0530, Parag Kalra wrote: > Yes I have restarted smb but still no fruits. > > Also placing "passwd chat debug = yes" didn't generate any log > in /var/log/samba/smd.log > > Could anyone please explain the following: > > [If you want to keep using passwd instead of PAM, could you write a > wrapper/replacement for passwd that logs everything that happens?] > > -- > Parag Kalra > > On Feb 5, 2008 5:11 AM, Rubin Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > -- > Love, > PARAG . A . KALRA > > Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad > judgment > > http://discoverlinux.blogspot.com > Debian Linux! A Dawn of New Era! -- 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
