Hi Marshall,

Thanks -- no I don't need it. So how do I turn it off..?

Alan
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From: "Marshal Newrock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Samba encrypted passwords will not work with
Gentoo


> I see two things:
>
> First, you're not binding to the LDAP server to set the passwords.  You
> don't have a bindpw set (no secret retrieved).
>
> Second, you're mixing local files with ldap.  You've created
> /etc/samba/private/smbpasswd, but the smbpasswd program wants to set
> passwords in LDAP.
>
> If you don't need LDAP, don't use it.  It's certainly possible to set up
> and use with Samba, but it can be complicated.
>
>
> On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Alan Watson wrote:
>
> > I am having problems getting Samba to use encrypted passwords on Gentoo.
> > I have tried all the normal resources (read samba mailing lists) with no
> > success. I'm not completely new to the programme having run it
> > previously on an earlier version of Caldera Linux. But obviously without
> > ldap.
> >
> > After creating my password file with:
> >
> > cat /etc/passwd | mksmbpasswd.sh > /etc/samba/private/smbpasswd
> >
> > After running the command I then tried to set up my users with:
> >
> > smbpasswd [username]
> >
> > I get the response - New SMB password - which I enter (twice to
confirm).
> >
> > But instead of completing I get the errors:
> >
> > LDAPS option set...!
> >
> > fetch_ldap_pw: no ldap secret retrieved!
> >
> > ldap_connect_system: Failed to retrieve password for from secrets.tdb
> >
> > Failed to find entry for user [username]
> >
> > Failed to modify password entry for user [username]
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