RE: [Samba] Changing passwd as ordinary user

2003-07-11 Thread Vizitiu, Ciprian
> > >How about reding the man? Just to see how missleading it can be! ;-) > I read it, but I'm not able to build the passwd chat I need.. :( Been there done that! :-D > > I thought the passwd chat would be: > > But I failed (again) on solving this problem alone... passwd cha

RE: [Samba] Changing passwd as ordinary user

2003-07-11 Thread Vizitiu, Ciprian
> Try > >for example unix password sync = no in your smb.conf and see > if it makes any > >difference... > > Well, I'm running RH 9. > I used "unix password sync = no" and it made *THE* > difference. I mean, it worked. Now the question is: how to > solve the problem using "unix password sync =

RE: [Samba] Changing passwd as ordinary user

2003-07-11 Thread Benilton de Sa Carvalho
>How about some details? As a wild guess, maybe your samba attempts to change >*BOTH* the UNIX password and the samba password and if one fails the it is >failure. For example if you're on RH, the default argument for doing this in >smb.conf (that is for changing also the UNIX password) does not wo

RE: [Samba] Changing passwd as ordinary user

2003-07-11 Thread Vizitiu, Ciprian
> when I try to change my password as ordinary user using > "smbpasswd", I get the following error message: > > machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the password change: Error was : > RAP86: The specified password is invalid. > > I'm sure my old password is correct and the new password also. > > If I