[NTLUG:Discuss] smbpasswd not working

[Paul Lipps]

On Apr 11, 2010, at 11:15 AM, Dennis Rice wrote:

> I am back to teaching Linux and have run into a problem with  
> smbpasswd.  I attempted to make it work on both FC11 and FC12, but  
> it does not create an encrypted password for a user.  The user  
> exists in the Linux passwd file.  When I issue the "smbpasswd prof"  
> command, then enter the password twice, and then go back to check  
> the smbpasswd file (/etc/samba), the change has not been made.  I  
> issued the command on my old FC6 system and it worked correctly.
>
> I also attempted to use the GUI administrative mode, but it too did  
> not change the password.  Not sure why, but swat also did not work  
> (httpd is on, did a service restart, created the swat xinetd.d swat  
> file, and ran xinetd; can bring up a simple test web page to test  
> httpd).
>
> Would appreciate any thoughts.

I have always used 'smbpasswd -a prof' to add a new user, and I also  
run that as root.

Paul Lipps
"Anyone who is unwilling to learn is entitled to absolutely nothing."  
- graysonf