[Samba] users and smbpasswd

[Thomas Dewar]

Hi all.

I am trying to let users change their passwords from the swap webpage.
But in the password interface when a user wants to change his password
I get the following error :
"machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the session setup. Error was : Not listening for
calling name."

OS: Debian 3.0
Samba v: 2.2.3

I have no problems changing the smb passwords as root, but when I login as a
regular user I get the same error.

Any idea?
Thomas

[Thomas Dewar]

Post by Thomas Dewar
Hi all.
I am trying to let users change their passwords from the swap webpage.
But in the password interface when a user wants to change his password
"machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the session setup. Error was : Not listening for
calling name."
OS: Debian 3.0
Samba v: 2.2.3
I have no problems changing the smb passwords as root, but when I login as a
regular user I get the same error.
Any idea?
Thomas

Sorry about all the fuss... my mistake so ill mend it...
I had just forgotten to put localhost in my host allows section... silly
me :-[
hosts allow = 127.0.0.1

thanx anyway

[Thomas Dewar]

Post by Thomas Dewar

Post by Thomas Dewar
Hi all.
I am trying to let users change their passwords from the swap
webpage. But in the password interface when a user wants to change
"machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the session setup. Error was : Not listening for
calling name."
OS: Debian 3.0
Samba v: 2.2.3
I have no problems changing the smb passwords as root, but when I login as a
regular user I get the same error.
Any idea?
Thomas

Sorry about all the fuss... my mistake so ill mend it...
I had just forgotten to put localhost in my host allows section...
silly me :-[
hosts allow = 127.0.0.1
thanx anyway

Hello again, after having solved the previous message i am now
encountering this new one :
When i want to change a user password being connected as this user i get
the following error :
***@ldap:~$ smbpasswd -r ldap -U test
Old SMB password:
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:
machine ldap rejected the password change: Error was : RAP86: The
specified password is invalid.
Failed to change password for test

But when I am root i am allowed to change the password :
ldap:~# smbpasswd -U test
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:
Password changed for user test.

Any piece of advice??? (unless i find out myself... ;-) )

thanx

Thomas

[James Kosin]

Dear Thomas Dewar,

Only root can use the '-U' parameter. Try changing it without the '-U'
option and it should work.

James Kosin

Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 12:35:52 +0200
From: Thomas Dewar <***@infobi.com>
Subject: Re: [Samba] users and smbpasswd
To: Thomas Dewar <***@infobi.com>
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Thomas Dewar wrote:

<< snip >>
Hello again, after having solved the previous message i am now
encountering this new one :
When i want to change a user password being connected as this user i get
the following error :
***@ldap:~$ smbpasswd -r ldap -U test
Old SMB password:
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:
machine ldap rejected the password change: Error was : RAP86: The
specified password is invalid.
Failed to change password for test

But when I am root i am allowed to change the password :
ldap:~# smbpasswd -U test
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:
Password changed for user test.

Any piece of advice??? (unless i find out myself... ;-) )

thanx

Thomas



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[Thomas Dewar]

Post by James Kosin
Dear Thomas Dewar,
Only root can use the '-U' parameter. Try changing it without the '-U'
option and it should work.
James Kosin

No luck il still gives me the same stuff :

***@ldap:/etc/samba$ smbpasswd -r ldap
Old SMB password:
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:
machine ldap rejected the password change: Error was : RAP86: The
specified password is invalid.
Failed to change password for test

Something that I have also noticed is that in my smb.conf : when I put
unix password sync = no in the following password section :
;password sync
passwd program = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-passwd.pl -o %u
passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *ReType*new*UNIX*password* %n\n
*passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
unix password sync = no
It seems to work just fine, but when I put unix password sync = yes, I
encounter the RAP86 problem. According to me, my password program
(smbldap-passwd.pl from idealx) can't manage to write both samba and
unix passwords at the same time.

still in the need of help, but nevertheless thanking James Kosin for his
advice

thomas