Re: Why does smbpasswd not work for some users?

2008-08-29 Thread Bob Latham
On 29 Aug, Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > edit /etc/samba/smb.conf > add... > log level = 3 > (or perhaps higher...up to 10 for more information) check your log files > (they're in /var/log/samba) for the increased activity and clues to any > problems Thanks Craig. I'll give it a w

Re: Why does smbpasswd not work for some users?

2008-08-29 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 18:29 +0100, Bob Latham wrote: > On 29 Aug, Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [Snip] > > > > Processing section "[sg2]" Loaded services file OK. > > > Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE passdb backend = tdbsam > > > that last line, 'passdb backend = tdbsam' means t

Re: Why does smbpasswd not work for some users?

2008-08-29 Thread Bob Latham
On 29 Aug, Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [Snip] > > Processing section "[sg2]" Loaded services file OK. > > Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE passdb backend = tdbsam > that last line, 'passdb backend = tdbsam' means that you aren't > using smbpasswd for your data store for users which

Re: Why does smbpasswd not work for some users?

2008-08-29 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 15:25 +0100, Bob Latham wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 14:40 +0100, Bob Latham wrote: > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > >Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2008-08-2

Re: Why does smbpasswd not work for some users?

2008-08-29 Thread Bob Latham
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 14:40 +0100, Bob Latham wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > >Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 10:04 +0100, Bob Latham wrote: > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > >

Re: Why does smbpasswd not work for some users?

2008-08-29 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 14:40 +0100, Bob Latham wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 10:04 +0100, Bob Latham wrote: > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > > > Using Fedora8. > > > > > > I find some users I create have no problem having t

Re: Why does smbpasswd not work for some users?

2008-08-29 Thread Bob Latham
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 10:04 +0100, Bob Latham wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > > > Using Fedora8. > > > > I find some users I create have no problem having their smb passwords > > changed using smbpasswd. Others simply don't w

Re: Why does smbpasswd not work for some users?

2008-08-29 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 10:04 +0100, Bob Latham wrote: > 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 ". > > What

Why does smbpasswd not work for some users?

2008-08-29 Thread Bob Latham
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 ". What are the possible causes for this, and could you point me at a method o