On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 01:32:16AM -0500, Peter Salzman wrote: > I'm trying to access Linux "shares" from a windows machine. So I went > through this on my Linux server: > > # cat /etc/passwd | mksmbpasswd > /etc/samba/smbpasswd > # smbpasswd -U p > New SMB password: > Retype new SMB password: > > > The first command created the file /etc/samba/smbpasswd with all the > user names (as expected) with disabled accounts (passwords are all > X's). I typed in the same password twice. Everything looked good, > but when I looked at /etc/samba/smbpasswd, it didn't change. The > entry still says: > > p:1000:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX: > ...... > > I was expecting some of those "X"'s to be part of an encrypted string. > Shouldn't smbpasswd change this file in *some* way? I do declare the > location of the password file in /etc/samba/smb.conf: >
Have you checked /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd? That's the default location for the password file. If it's there, you might want to a) leave it there or b) restart samba and try again. > security = user > encrypt passwords = yes > smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd > > Help. I have no idea what to do. I'm leaving on Saturday for > Guatemala for 2.5 weeks, and I'd like to get this fixed before I go if > possible. > > Thanks! > Pete > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech -Eric _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
