Hello,

I have recently configured a samba server and swat. I am unable to login to swat as non-root user. Below is the error logs I could see -

Jul 17 15:21:45 localhost xinetd[3927]: START: swat pid=9297 from=::ffff:192.168.0.110
Jul 17 15:21:46 localhost swat[9297]: [2012/07/17 15:21:46.796479, 0] auth/pampass.c:823(smb_pam_passcheck)
Jul 17 15:21:46 localhost swat[9297]: smb_pam_passcheck: PAM: smb_pam_auth failed - Rejecting User dev !
Jul 17 15:21:46 localhost xinetd[3927]: EXIT: swat status=0 pid=9297 duration=1(sec)


It is to be noted that I am able to access the shares without any issue and root login to swat is possible. Could anyone help me on solving this issue. I am using tdbsam as my password backend. Below is the global configuration on my smb.conf -

[global]
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
cups options = raw
load printers = yes
server string = Samba Server Version %v
workgroup = WORKGROUP
encrypt passwords = yes
security = user
passdb backend = tdbsam
max log size = 50

and below is the /etc/pam.d/samba file -

#%PAM-1.0
auth required pam_nologin.so
auth include password-auth
account include password-auth
session include password-auth
password include password-auth


Below is the log from /var/log/samba/log.swat -

[2012/07/17 15:37:44.019329, 0] auth/pampass.c:823(smb_pam_passcheck)
smb_pam_passcheck: PAM: smb_pam_auth failed - Rejecting User dev !


OS: Centos 6.2
Samba version :
samba.x86_64 3.5.10-125.el6
samba-client.x86_64 3.5.10-125.el6
samba-common.x86_64 3.5.10-125.el6
samba-swat.x86_64 3.5.10-125.el6

I am basically looking for a GUI to be given to users to change their smb password.

Thanks!
Dev

Try webmin

Hello,

Thanks for the suggestion. I do have webmin installed; but unable to login as non-root user. Below is the log available with /var/log/secure -

Jul 18 08:32:15 localhost webmin[3726]: Non-existent login as dev from 192.168.0.110

The system user is existing but the shell is set to /bin/false. I do not want any users to login to this server. -

dev:x:1003:1003::/home/dev:/bin/false # from /etc/passwd

SELinux is disabled.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks!
Dev

Hello,

I have installed usermin and customized it to let the users change only password and user details. This is exactly what I wanted to achieve . Not sure what is the issue with swat. I might try that again on a lab system when I get time.

Thanks!
Dev

can you tell me procedure of configuration of swat server.......or link from where you configure..

Hi,

You can use yum to install samba-swat. The configuration is pretty simple.

Edit /etc/xinetd.d/swat (below given is mine. Modify 'only_from' to match your subnet and 'disable = no')

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
# default: off
# description: SWAT is the Samba Web Admin Tool. Use swat \
# to configure your Samba server. To use SWAT, \
# connect to port 901 with your favorite web browser.
service swat
{
port = 901
socket_type = stream
wait = no
only_from = 127.0.0.1 192.168.0.0/24
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/swat
log_on_failure += USERID
disable = no

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

save the file and start the service -

# /etc/init.d/swat start

make swat persistent across reboots -

# chkconfig swat on

and that's it. You can access swat by http://ipaddress:901

Also make sure to open the required port if you run a firewall.

Thanks!
Dev