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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi there --</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I am having an issue with the Samba package, release 3.033375, that came bundled with the </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">CentOS 5.3 distribution. It seems that even though I created the smbpasswd file, located at</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">the /etc/samba directory, I am unable to modify the password of the users listed in it.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I can run the /usr/bin/smbpasswd -a <username> command as root, and even though there</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">are no errors, a subsequent check of the smbpasswd file indicates the username in question</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">is still listed with the series of X's and NO PASSWORD indicator. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I have confirmed through the find command the only instances of smbpasswd are those at the </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">/etc/samba and /usr/bin locations. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Has anyone seen this issue, and aside from installing samba from source, have a solution to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">this problem? Thanks. </FONT>
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