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Zentyal Server => Directory and Authentication => Topic started by: jan.rok on July 11, 2017, 02:36:01 pm

Title: Change user password from over SSH
Post by: jan.rok on July 11, 2017, 02:36:01 pm

Helo, I have Zentyal 4.5 connected remotely only over SSH. Howto change user password from command line?
Thanks. J. Rok

Title: Re: Change user password from over SSH
Post by: julio on July 12, 2017, 04:42:42 pm

which user, zentyal local or domain user?

Title: Re: Change user password from over SSH
Post by: mrpsycho on July 12, 2017, 04:51:40 pm

use

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smbpassd for AD user, and

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passwd for local(system) user

Title: Re: Change user password from over SSH
Post by: jan.rok on July 13, 2017, 12:10:08 pm

For domain user.

I trying:

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smbpasswd myname

Processing section "[global]"
ldb_wrap open of idmap.ldb
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:
Failed to find entry for user myname.

Title: Re: Change user password from over SSH
Post by: jan.rok on July 13, 2017, 12:11:09 pm

All password expired after 365 days :(

Title: Re: Change user password from over SSH
Post by: mrpsycho on July 13, 2017, 02:32:11 pm

you can turn off this limits

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samba-tool domain passwordsettings set --max-pwd-age=0
or
make it longer

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samba-tool domain passwordsettings set --max-pwd-age=1000

to check password settings:

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samba-tool domain passwordsettings show