Why does smbpasswd not work for some users?
Bob Latham
bob.latham at castlehigh.plus.com
Fri Aug 29 09:04:43 UTC 2008
Hi Everyone,
Using Fedora8.
I find some users I create have no problem having their smb passwords
changed using smbpasswd. Others simply don't work and I get the error
message "Failed to modify password entry for user <whatever>".
What are the possible causes for this, and could you point me at a method
of fixing it please?
I remember from a fiddle I had with Linux some years ago that I used to
have to copy the OS user passwords to SMB passwords using a method like
this...
cat /etc/passwd | mksmbpasswd.sh > /etc/samba/smbpasswd
Is this procedure still required?
Thanks everyone for your help and patience. I know novices are a PITA.
Cheers,
Bob.
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