Hi there --
Thanks for your reply. The output of the testparm command is shown below:
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf Processing section "[homes]" Processing section "[printers]" Processing section "[roinventory]" Loaded services file OK. Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE passdb backend = tdbsam
The smbpasswd command is available for backwards compatibility. At the risk of coming across as a complete idiot, how does that tie in to this situation?
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Craig White Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 11:54 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Problem with Samba on CentOS 5.3
On Fri, 2009-11-20 at 11:45 -0500, Kaplan, Andrew H. wrote:
Hi there --
I am having an issue with the Samba package, release 3.033375, that came bundled with the CentOS 5.3 distribution. It seems that even though I created the smbpasswd file, located at the /etc/samba directory, I am unable to modify the password of the users listed in it.
I can run the /usr/bin/smbpasswd -a <username> command as root, and even though there are no errors, a subsequent check of the smbpasswd file indicates the username in question is still listed with the series of X's and NO PASSWORD indicator.
I have confirmed through the find command the only instances of smbpasswd are those at the /etc/samba and /usr/bin locations.
Has anyone seen this issue, and aside from installing samba from source, have a solution to this problem? Thanks.
---- are you sure that is the file being used?
what is output of the command...
testparm -s |grep passdb
Craig