smbpasswd is the program, but it is not runable by regular users. Otherwise they could change anyone's password. :( The concept of the script is to only allow users to change their own password, and to do that they have to enter their own current password. Your idea of a link seems like a good idea. Krsnendu dasa <div>On 08/10/2007, Rob Owens <<a href="mailto:rowens@ptd.net">rowens@ptd.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Thanks, I found the script you were talking about. However, if someone could confirm to me that 'smbpasswd' is just as good, then I wouldn't need to bother with the script and with sudoers, etc. But it would be really nice for the Linux password GUI tools to work. Maybe I could do this: mv /usr/bin/passwd /usr/bin/passwd.bak ln -s /usr/bin/smbpasswd /usr/bin/passwd (or link your script to /usr/bin/passwd) I tried it at the command line and it works, but I haven't tried it on a system with a GUI installed yet... I wonder if this could cause problems with any future software installations that create a user as part of the install (for instance: backuppc, apache, etc) -Rob On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 04:30:17AM +1300, Krsnendu dasa wrote: > It should work with windows clients. > As far as linux users. search the archives. I had a suggestion for a script > that runs smbldap as sudo. It might be a good starting point for you. > The idea of a web interface to change passwords is a good idea mentioned on > the smbldap website, but it seems nothing came of it. > > Krsnendu dasa > > On 08/10/2007, Rob Owens < <a href="mailto:rowens@ptd.net">rowens@ptd.net</a>> wrote: > > > > I ran the smbldap-installer scripts on a Debian Etch machine as a > > test. Everything seems to have worked fine. My question is, what is the > > proper method to change passwords (as a non-privileged user). > > > > 'smbpasswd' seems to work. Is this what I'm supposed to use? What about > > a linux-only user who is not assigned any samba credentials? > > > > 'passwd' gives me this error after allowing me to enter my new password > > twice: > > LDAP password information update failed: Unknown error > > > > 'ldappasswd' gives me this error immediately: > > ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: No such attribute (16) > > > > '/usr/sbin/smbldap-passwd' lets me enter my new password twice, then gives > > me these two errors: > > failed to modify entry: Insufficient access at /usr/sbin/smbldap-passwd > > line 227, <STDIN> line 3. > > Unable to change password: Insufficient access at /usr/sbin/smbldap-passwd > > line 261, <STDIN> line 3. > > > > Also, I don't have any Windows clients to test... Does changing passwords > > through the Windows password utility work? > > > > Thanks > > > > -Rob > > > > _______________________________________________ > > K12OSN mailing list > > <a href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com">K12OSN@redhat.com</a> > > <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</a> > > For more info see < <a href="http://www.k12os.org">http://www.k12os.org</a>> > > > _______________________________________________ > K12OSN mailing list > <a href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com">K12OSN@redhat.com </a> > <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</a> > For more info see <<a href="http://www.k12os.org">http://www.k12os.org</a>> _______________________________________________ K12OSN mailing list <a href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com">K12OSN@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</a> For more info see <<a href="http://www.k12os.org"> http://www.k12os.org</a>> </blockquote></div>