Samba and Unix Password Sync

From: Thomas Weber (weber_at_num.uni-sb.de)
Date: 12/30/04

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    Hello,

    I'm trying to activate Unix Password Syncing in Samba (Distribution: Sarge).
    However, it doesn't work:

    thomas@gucky:~$ smbpasswd
    Old SMB password:
    New SMB password:
    Retype new SMB password:
    cli_pipe: return critical error. Error was Call timed out: server did not
    respond after 20000 milliseconds
    cli_oem_change_password: Failed to send password change for user thomas
    machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the password change: Error was : Call timed out:
    server did not respond after 20000 milliseconds.
    Failed to change password for thomas

    If I deactivate the syncing in /etc/samba/smb.conf, Samba works without
    problems - also changing the password is no problem.

    Another (perhaps related) problem:
    After the failed attempt to change the password (as above), the Samba demon
    isn't stopped by its init.d script anymore:

    root@gucky:/etc/samba# /etc/init.d/samba stop
    Stopping Samba daemons: nmbd smbd.
    root@gucky:/etc/samba# ps axu | grep sm
    root 4131 0.0 0.5 9604 3072 ? S 15:03 0:00 /usr/sbin/smbd -D
    root 4146 0.0 0.1 3236 712 tty1 S+ 15:04 0:00 grep sm

    There's no .pid file in /var/run/samba anymore. If I restart Samba, netbios-ssn
    doesn't listen anymore:

    root@gucky:/etc/samba# /etc/init.d/samba restart
    Stopping Samba daemons: nmbd smbd.
    Starting Samba daemons: nmbd smbd.
    root@gucky:/etc/samba# netstat -a | grep netbios
    udp 0 0 dhcp31-240.p:netbios-ns *:*
    udp 0 0 *:netbios-ns *:*
    udp 0 0 dhcp31-240.:netbios-dgm *:*
    udp 0 0 *:netbios-dgm *:*

    To get Samba back to working, I need to kill the demon manually.

    Any ideas?

    /etc/smb.conf:

    # Global parameters
    [global]
            workgroup = NUMERIK
            server string = %h server (Samba %v)
            obey pam restrictions = Yes
            passdb backend = tdbsam, guest
            passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
            passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n .
            unix password sync = Yes
            syslog = 0
            log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
            max log size = 1000
            unix extensions = No
            dns proxy = No
            panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
            invalid users = root

    [homes]
            comment = Home Directories
            read only = No
            create mask = 0700
            directory mask = 0700

    [printers]
            comment = All Printers
            path = /tmp
            create mask = 0700
            printable = Yes
            browseable = No

    [print$]
            comment = Printer Drivers
            path = /var/lib/samba/printers

    Best regards
    Thomas 

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