[nflug] samba woes

[David J. Andruczyk]

WHICH password,  linux login SW  or samba password, and via how? 
i.e. logged in running "passwd", or smbpasswd,  or via windows
change password from a Ctrl-Alt-Del.


--- eric <eric at bootz.us> 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:
> 
> >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:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>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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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>-- David J. Andruczyk
> >>
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-- David J. Andruczyk


 
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