I just found an interesting article: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=15850 Indicating that a Microsoft fix causes the problem. I haven't looked at the Samba site to confirm but I do have this fix applied (and am now looking how to uninstall... Does anyone know if this has been fixed in Samba? James Marcinek <jmarc1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have this in the smb.conf but it's not working? Any other ideas as to why? > > "Miguel Pereira Leite" <mpleite@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi there. > > > > It's works... you just have to add something like this to your samba conf: > > > > ---SNIP---- > > # You may wish to use password encryption. Please read > > encrypt passwords = yes > > # The following are needed to allow password changing from Windows to > > # update the Linux system password also. > > # NOTE: Use these with 'encrypt passwords' and 'smb passwd file' above. > > # the encrypted SMB passwords. They allow the Unix password > > # to be kept in sync with the SMB password. > > unix password sync = Yes > > passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *Retype*new*UNIX*password* %n\n > > *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully* > > ----SNIP----- > > > > And now your user can change both samba and unix password from the "change > > password" feature on Win NT's... (w2k, wxp) > > > > mpleite > > > > > > On Thu, February 10, 2005 9:28 pm, James Marcinek said: > > > Hello All, > > > > > > I have a FC 3 system running Samba 3 emulating a windows domain > > > controller. Is > > > there a way that will enable a user to change their password using the > > > 'Change > > > Password' feauture in windows? > > > > > > I know there's an encrypt password option in the smb.conf but I couldn't > > > find > > > any good doc's on it (I have the Samba 3 guide but not with me). > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > James > > > > > > -- > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
