Non-root user cannot change Samba password

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                          Samba users cannot change their own passwords. The password can only be changed using root account using the command

    smbpasswd -a 

But I want users be able to change their passwords by their own. When password is tried to changed using a non-root account I get the below error message.

    $ smbpasswd
    Old SMB password:
    New SMB password:
    Retype new SMB password:
    Could not connect to machine 127.0.0.1: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE
    Failed to change password for user1

Any reasons for this? How can I fix this? 
                        

Asked by Chamara Keragala (226 rep)

Oct 23, 2015, 12:56 AM
Last activity: May 16, 2025, 01:01 PM

Non-root user cannot change Samba password

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