Where is the "smbpasswd"?

swmok · 05-08-2007, 04:40 AM

Hi all:
I installed the samba in Debian.
After that, I add an user by
smbpasswd -a [user].
The command is OK.
However, I cannot find the password file "smbpasswd".

Where is the password file?

Thanks.

Rainer Hubovsky · 05-08-2007, 05:07 AM

Hi,

debian-sarge with samba 3.0.14 and
debian-etch with samba 3.0.24 its:
/etc/samba/smbpasswd

Regards
Rainer Hubovsky

swmok · 05-09-2007, 09:53 AM

Hi:
First, thanks for your reply.
I am using debian-etch with samba 3.0.24.

There is no "smbpasswd" file in the directory /etc/samba

I have tried to create an empty one in the directory.
However, there is no update after the
smbpasswd -s [user]

Did I do something wrong?

Thanks.

Rainer Hubovsky · 05-11-2007, 04:30 AM

Hi,

in the default debian smb.conf the password backend is:
passdb backend = tdbsam

try changing it to:
passdb backend = smbpasswd

Regards
Rainer Hubovsky