[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#434737: smbpasswd: -a not working

[Steve Langasek]

On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 12:51:37PM +0200, Olaf Zaplinski wrote:
> Package: samba-common
> Architecture: i386
> Version: 3.0.24-6etch4

> # smbpasswd -D 99 -a o.zaplinski
> Netbios name list:-
> my_netbios_names[0]="HAM-OZ"
> Attempting to register passdb backend ldapsam
> Successfully added passdb backend 'ldapsam'
> Attempting to register passdb backend ldapsam_compat
> Successfully added passdb backend 'ldapsam_compat'
> Attempting to register passdb backend NDS_ldapsam
> Successfully added passdb backend 'NDS_ldapsam'
> Attempting to register passdb backend NDS_ldapsam_compat
> Successfully added passdb backend 'NDS_ldapsam_compat'
> Attempting to register passdb backend smbpasswd
> Successfully added passdb backend 'smbpasswd'
> Attempting to register passdb backend tdbsam
> Successfully added passdb backend 'tdbsam'
> Attempting to find an passdb backend to match smbpasswd (smbpasswd)
> Found pdb backend smbpasswd
> pdb backend smbpasswd has a valid init
> New SMB password:
> Retype new SMB password:
> getsampwnam (smbpasswd): search by name: o.zaplinski
> startsmbfilepwent_internal: opening file /etc/samba/smbpasswd
> getsmbfilepwent: end of file reached.
> endsmbfilepwent_internal: closed password file.
> Failed to modify password entry for user o.zaplinski

I don't see this behavior with either the smbpasswd or the tdbsam backends.

Are you trying to add a username with smbpasswd that doesn't exist as a Unix
account?

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