Hi, Klaus Ade Johnstad schrieb: > Onsdag 6. mai 2009 20:48, skrev Philipp Huebner: >> The point is, if users change their password on workstations / >> thinclients using passwd, it only chages the unix password, not the >> samba password. >> So if a student changes his password using 'passwd' on a terminal, he >> still needs his old password for a Windows Machine joined in the >> skolelinux domain. >> >> Best wishes, >> -- >> Philipp Hübner > >> Geschäftsführung: Dr. Michael Meskes, Jörg Folz > > Which is exactly why the student should use the shorcut on their > Desktop, which should point to something like > https://ldap/lwat/chguserpw.php?username=$(id -un), on windows they > have to manually put in their username. > > Using lwat to change their password, ensures that linux(userPassword) > and samba(sabmaNTPassword and smbaLMPassword) passwords are the same. > > passwd only changes linux(userPassword), I have never looked into why > that is, and fixing it would still mean that the users would have to > use a different way to change passwords from within windows, better to > use lwat, that works from everywhere. Thanks for clarifying, so we should discourage use of *passwd by users. Regards, -- Philipp Hübner Tel.: +49 (0) 21 61 / 46 43 - 122 pgp fingerprint: BA61 0B0A 2626 D49C BFC6 1C18 1619 74E4 C259 E0E8 credativ GmbH, HRB Mönchengladbach 12080 Hohenzollernstr. 133, 41061 Mönchengladbach Geschäftsführung: Dr. Michael Meskes, Jörg Folz
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