[nflug] samba woes

[eric]

How would I check for the PDC on my network

eric wrote:

>I just wanted to reiterate that changing other users' passwords work
>fine, but mine does not
>
>here are some of smb.conf flags:
>***********
>passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n
>*Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n
>obey pam restrictions = yes
>winbind enable local accounts = no
>dns proxy = no
>security = user
>unix password sync = yes
>**************
>
>I also have myself as an admin user for each share
>
>
>Thanks again,
>Eric
>
>eric wrote:
>
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>>I'm using webmin, in webmin I can set samba users to be created
>>everytime I create a linux user.
>>
>>Thanks for your help
>>
>>
>>David J. Andruczyk wrote:
>>
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>>
>>>You didn't make it very clear which PW you changed (linux login PW or
>>>sambs PW,  but you may want to look into "password sync" and "passwd
>>>chat" parameters for smb.conf
>>>
>>>but samba password sync will reset the UNIX login PW when a user
>>>changes their samba PW,  however this doesn't work two ways., unless
>>>you use the pam module pam_smb,  or setup winbindd which will allow
>>>you to autheniticate your linux login-able accounts through samba, or
>>>an outside NT/window/samba pdc.
>>>
>>>google is your friend for these topics as there's numerous howto's but
>>>you need to investigate your environment  (is it one server? or part
>>>of an AD/NT domain.) to  determine an appropriate course of action.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>*/eric <eric at bootz.us>/* wrote:
>>>
>>>   I know there is a samba expert out there who might be able to help me.
>>>
>>>   I have a strange problem, firstly I have Linux users sync-ing and
>>>   creating samba users, I have many users on a samba file server when I
>>>   change their passwords everything works great, However when I
>>>   change my
>>>   password it only changes for my linux user, it is as if either the
>>>   network has a cache of my old password and will now not let me into
>>>   samba shares or the samba password for only my user account will not
>>>   change ...I have even tried just changing my samba user password with
>>>   still no luck.
>>>
>>>   Any clues would really be nice, I think I have exhausted all of my
>>>   ideas.
>>>
>>>   Thanks,
>>>   Eric
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>>>
>>>
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