On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 15:25 +0100, Bob Latham wrote: > In article <1220018091.2949.4.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, > Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 14:40 +0100, Bob Latham wrote: > > > In article <1219990339.2949.1.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, > > > Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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 work and I > > > > > get the error message "Failed to modify password entry for user > > > > > <whatever>". > > > > > > > > > > What are the possible causes for this, and could you point me at a > > > > > method of fixing it please? > > > > > > > > > > I remember from a fiddle I had with Linux some years ago that I > > > > > used to have to copy the OS user passwords to SMB passwords using > > > > > a method like this... > > > > > > > > > > cat /etc/passwd | mksmbpasswd.sh > /etc/samba/smbpasswd > > > > > > > > > > Is this procedure still required? > > > > > > > ---- No way...and I don't recall when that ever would have worked. > > > > > > > users changing their password from command line smbpasswd, I've > > > > never seen that fail. It makes no sense that it would fail. > > > > > > Hi Craig, > > > > > > Thanks for the help. > > > > > > So I should never need to do this? > > > > > > Okay, so how does Samba authenticate users (no other server) is it > > > with the smbpasswd file? If so how does it get its info? > > > > > > In stupidity and desperation I've managed to break my smbpasswd file. > > > Now the command smbpasswd -a <name> doesn't function at all. Is there > > > anyway to repair it? Or get a default copy? > > > ---- not that I am aware of...backup is the method used to protect > > yourself ---- > > Bugger! > > > > The amazing thing is, the samba shares still work after a reboot with > > > no smbpasswd file. I'm so confused, I think i've got my head around > > > how it works and then something comes along and proves I had it wrong > > > again. > > > > > > I only want to set up samba shares. <sob> > > ---- I'm not sure that Fedora 9 uses an smbpasswd passdb by default. > > I think I'm using Fedora 8. Well, making a dog's breakfast of more like. > > > What is output (as root) of command... testparm -s |grep passdb > > [root@DarkStar ~]# testparm -s |grep passdb > Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf > Processing section "[homes]" > Processing section "[printers]" > Processing section "[Staffshare]" > Processing section "[Studentshare]" > Processing section "[testshare]" > Processing section "[itgroup1]" > Processing section "[manage]" > Processing section "[sg1]" > 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 is a good thing since tdbsam is more substantial than a flat file. Users / passwords are stored in /var/lib/samba/private/passdb.tdb|secrets.tdb You might want to up the debugging level to find out if/why it's failing then try that. Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
