[hardy a6] samba authentication

[eye.zak]

Binary package hint: samba

Samba Authentication Error : possibly due to new authentication system ?
Ubuntu 8.04 dev branch Alpha6 fully updated as of march 20th

example:
default@Tiger:~$ smbpasswd
Old SMB password:
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:
Could not connect to machine 127.0.0.1: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE
Failed to change password for default

Cannot interface with samba to change password locally / enter password on remote computer to access local share. Also local samba frontend gsamba doesn't work (probably due to this error).

Version:
  Installed: 3.0.28a-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 3.0.28a-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 3.0.28a-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

Could you please attach your log file please?

Thanks
chuck

[Mathias Gug (mathiaz)]

Users are automatically imported in the samba password database on install, but their password is not set. Thus it's impossible to change your user samba password the first time. You need to initialize first the user password by running smbpasswd as root:

$ sudo smbpasswd user_id

Then a new samba password will be set and you'll be able to change your user samba password using smbpasswd.

Can you confirm that this is your problem and the solution works for you ?

[Patrice Vetsel (vetsel-patrice)]

You can have a look at Bug #208419
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pam/+bug/208419

No more use of smbpasswd :)

[Magnus S (magnuss)]

Hi,
this bug report is getting old, so i'm closing it now. If this issue is still affecting you, please reopen.
To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!