[Bug 566560] Re: samba server requires smbpasswd -a user constantly

[michael brenden]

Having trouble trying to understand what is going on ---  libpam-smpass
REQUIRES windows password to be identical to unix password??  Please say
it ain't so...how stoopid that would be...

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Title:
  samba server requires smbpasswd -a user constantly

Status in “samba” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: samba

  I installed an ubuntu server edition (lucid beta, lastest updates
  applied)  for my nas and used my old smb.conf from gentoo, used it for
  years in different setups and different distributions. What happens is
  that i cannot connect from my windows7 machine. When i do: sudo
  smbpasswd -a user it works for a while. But later i have to do it all
  over again.

  dpkg-query -W -f='${Package} ${Version} ${Source} ${Status}\n' | grep
  samba:

  libpam-smbpass 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3 samba install ok installed
  libsmbclient 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3 samba install ok installed
  libwbclient0 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3 samba install ok installed
  samba 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3  install ok installed
  samba-common 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3 samba install ok installed
  samba-common-bin 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3 samba install ok installed
  samba-doc 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3 samba install ok installed
  smbclient 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3 samba install ok installed
  smbfs 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3 samba install ok installed
  winbind 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3 samba install ok installed

  lsb_release -rd
  Description:    Ubuntu lucid (development branch)
  Release:        10.04

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