Samba passwords - Session setup error
hi all
I'm getting the following error when a normal user tries to change their
password through SWAT, or through smbpasswd @ the command line:
"machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the session setup. Error was : ERRSRV - ERRbadpw
(Bad password - name/password pair in a Tree Connect or Session Setup are
invalid.).
The passwd for 'mcrobert' has NOT been changed"
The only explanation given in FAQs is that the "interfaces" list must
include 127.0.0.1. However, this doesn't work - I've tried the following
values for this setting ("eth0" & "[server ip]/22 127.0.0.1"). The odd thing
is that root can use either SWAT or smbpasswd on command line to change a
user's password. Perhaps the problem has something to do with the fact that
the smbpasswd program can't read the existing user password from
/etc/samba/smbpasswd (as the root user doesn't care about the old password).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Andrew
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Andrew McRobert LLB B.Sc(Comp. Sci)
IT Officer, School of Law
MURDOCH UNIVERSITY
Ph: 9360 6479
Fax: 9310 6671
e-mail: mcrobert@central.murdoch.edu.au
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