Re: smbpasswd -a unsuccessful

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Camaleón wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:10:15 -0500, Kent West wrote:
>
> (...)
>
>   
> > westk[@]goshen]:/home/westk:> sudo smbpasswd -a amyld New SMB password:
> > Retype new SMB password:
> > Unable to modify TDB passwd: NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL! Failed to add entry
> > for user amyld.
> > Failed to modify password entry for user amyld
> >     
>
> (...)
>
> Does the same happen when adding the user with "pdbedit"?
>  
> Greetings,
>
>   
pdbedit -a amyld

does work! Is "pdbedit" the preferred way now instead of using 
"smbpasswd -a"? If so, I'm content with this as a fix, so long as it 
doesn't hurt anything that "smbpasswd -a" is broken.

Thanks!

--
Kent