[K12OSN] smbldap - changing passwords

[Rob Owens]

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 <rowens at ptd.net> 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
> >
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