[Samba] password sync Failed to open/create TDB passwd - some progress

I made a little progress. It is partly a file permissions error. If I change the permission of /usr/local/samba/private to 660. Since the unix Administrator (ie. Windows Domain Administrator) is in the sysadmin group, this gives it read-write permissions to this file. Under windows, as the

Re: [Samba] password sync Failed to open/create TDB passwd - some progress

sounds like your passwd chat = line is wrong. what OS are you using? I can give you passwd chat for Fedora and CentOS Gaiseric Vandal wrote: I made a little progress. It is partly a file permissions error. If I change the permission of /usr/local/samba/private to 660. Since the unix

Re: [Samba] password sync Failed to open/create TDB passwd - some progress

Solaris 9. my smb.conf file includes the following passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u #passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd -r nis %u # passwd chat = *New*Password* %n\n *new*Password* %n\n *changed* # passwd chat = *New*Password* %n\n *Re-enter*new*Password* %n\n

Re: [Samba] password sync Failed to open/create TDB passwd - some progress

have you seen this message? http://www.webservertalk.com/archive217-2007-12-2249011.html also, googling for solaris 9 passwd chat gets a lot of hits. i'd upgrade to samba-3.0.28a and then start plugging in other people's passwd chats for solaris 9 until you find one that works. Gaiseric