ERROR: the 'passwd program' () requires a '%u' parameter.

[c00kie]

Hi Everyone,

i have set up samba according to this link as a PDC on debian. however when i run testparm i get

ERROR: the 'passwd program' () requires a '%u' parameter.

outputed to the screen.

this presumeably is because there is no passwd program present in the smb.conf, because the author "Replaced 'passwd program' and 'passwd chat' settings with 'pam password change = yes'"

is there any harm in not having a passwd program line present?
one user is unable to log in on certain workstations, could this have anything to do with it?

thanks

 

[deano]

Hi

hash out your current passwd chat line and replace with these two:-

passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *password* %nn *password* %nn *successfully*

and then testparm again hopefully should fix it.

Cheers
Deano

 

[c00kie]

Hi

hash out your current passwd chat line and replace with these two:-

passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *password* %nn *password* %nn *successfully*

and then testparm again hopefully should fix it.

Cheers
Deano

cool ok, will this still allow users to change their passwords from within windows by ctrl-alt-del (using machines logged onto the domain)??

thanks!