On Thursday 12 October 2006 14:04, Mogens Kjaer wrote: > Gary Stainburn wrote: > ... > > > However, if I remove /etc/samba/smbpasswd and /etc/samba/smbusers Samba > > behaves exactly the same, so I think it's not using these files. > > Can you do a: > > testparm -v >/tmp/panic1 > <press return> > > fgrep smbpasswd /tmp/panic1 > > What is the owner and permissions on /etc/samba/smbpasswd ? > [root@larry2 ~]# testparm -v|grep passwd Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd passdb backend = smbpasswd passwd program = passwd chat = *new*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *changed* passwd chat debug = No passwd chat timeout = 2 ldap passwd sync = no [root@larry2 ~]# ll -d / /etc/ /etc/samba/ /etc/samba/smbpasswd drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Oct 12 14:17 / drwxr-xr-x 94 root root 12288 Oct 12 14:17 /etc/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 12 14:31 /etc/samba/ -rw------- 1 root root 421 Oct 12 13:11 /etc/samba/smbpasswd [root@larry2 ~]# I've also tried adding the smb passwd file= as suggested by Anna, but that has not made any difference. Gary -- Gary Stainburn This email does not contain private or confidential material as it may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown and undisclosed purposes - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000