Updating samba passwords

[Ed Wilts]

On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 11:51:03AM -0400, Burke, Thomas G. wrote:
> But isn't there a way to synchronize the samba password file to the
> system password file?

In theory, you can set this in smb.conf.  I tried it a few years ago and
when a normal user changed his password, Samba changed the root password
to match.  I haven't tried it since.

        .../Ed

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of John O'Loughlin
> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 11:16 AM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: Updating samba passwords
> 
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> 
> On Mon 23 May 2005 at 11:04, Burke, Thomas G. (tg.burke at ngc.com) wrote: 
> 
> smbpasswd -A username 
> 
> This will add the user you have added to the smbpasswd file. 
> 
> 
> > Hey all, 
> > 
> >       Just added a new user to my machine.  It's been so long since I've done this that I can't remember how to sychronize samba password list with the system password list.  Can somebody please jog my mellon?
> 
> > 
> >       Thanks, 
> >               Tom 
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