non-root user cannot change Samba password when system is authenticating against AD using winbind
Issue
When System is authenticating to Windows 2008 AD using winbind , local system users are unable to change their samba password. The error reported is below:
$ 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
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3
- samba-common-3.0.33-3.7.el5-x86_64
- Windows 2008 Domain Controller
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