[Fedora-directory-users] FDS - using one password for Samba and Linux accounts

[Josh Kelley]

On 11/22/06, sigid at JINLab <sigidwu at gmail.com> wrote:
> on sysadmin side that should be no problem at all because by using
> webmin the userPassword and sambaNTPassword+sambaLMPassword is always
> syncronized.
>
> the problem was on user side (windows user), when they change their
> password it only change sambaNTPassword and sambaLMPassword. this
> problem should be solved too by using option "unix password
> sync"+"passwd program"+"passwd chat" on samba so that userPassword can
> be sync.
> but i'm having error message "you do not have permission to change
> password".

Try using Samba's "ldap password sync" option rather than the "unix
password sync" option.

Josh Kelley