#4411 Can't convert the unix user to samba

[zhao]

archlinux, webmin 1.680

I have created a unix user. when I try to convert it to samba user, a error raised:

Failed to convert user : /usr/bin/pdbedit failed :

new password:retype new password:

But I can use "pdbedit -a" to add the user to samba from console.

[Jamie Cameron]

The next Webmin release will fix this issue.

[fbachofner]

Regression?

This failed for me today in the way described in this thread.

Webmin 1.801 / Ubuntu 16.04

[Jamie Cameron]

fbachofner - can you create a user using pdbedit -a from the command line, and enter an empty password?

[fbachofner]

sudo pdbedit -a foo
Failed to add entry for user foo.
on Samba version 4.3.9-Ubuntu

wierd -- earlier today I added 4 Samba users with this method (although with password -- but that fails now too)

[fbachofner]

Doh!

Sorry, I didn't have the foo user setup on the system first.

Now adding foo to Samba "sudo pdbedit -a foo" without password works

Conversion still fails, however

[Jamie Cameron]

fbachofner - what's the exact error you are getting from Webmin?

[innuend0]

Message deleted and posted at the right place

[Anders Wikström]

pdbedit -a username does work!
samba-tool user create
samba-tool user add
Webmin Convert User all give error codes

[Jamie Cameron]

What's exact error in webmin though?

[Anders Wikström]

Probably not Webmin bug but a Ubuntu issue.

[Jordan Marshall]

I'm getting this error when trying to convert users (Webmin 1.801 / Ubuntu 16.04):

Failed to convert user : /usr/bin/pdbedit failed :
new password:retype new password:Failed to read passwords.

However, I am not seeing this issue on my other machine (Webmin 1.801 / Ubuntu 14.04).

[Matt Schraeder]

I'm having the same issue. pdbedit works, but not webmin. Same messages as Jordan Marshall on Ubuntu 16.04.1

[Jonathan Konrad]

I just installed a fresh copy of Ubuntu 16.04.1 and Webmin 1.8.01 today. When trying to convert users I get this error:

Failed to convert user : /usr/bin/pdbedit failed :
new password:retype new password:Failed to read passwords.

However, I can do it from the command line just using: pdbedit -a username

[Jamie Cameron]

We just released Webmin version 1.810 - can you give that a try?

[Jonathan Konrad]

The update to 1.8.10 appeared for me. After updating I still have this problem. I see Wikstrom has indicated that this is not a Webmin problem. I guess I can understand that, but it remains a "feature" that currently does not work in webmin.

[Jonathan Konrad]

Certanily. I'm sorry for my ignorance, and it's late here. but I tried to update the package (I used the repo instead of downloading the .deb package for my initial installaion) This is what I get when I try to update:

W: Failed to fetch http://download.webmin.com/download/repository/dists/sarge/InRelease Could not connect to download.webmin.com:80 (108.60.199.109)

Any help?

[Matt Schraeder]

Still having the same problem on 1.810

On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 10:20 PM, Jonathan Konrad jonathankonrad@users.sf.net wrote:

Certanily. I'm sorry for my ignorance, and it's late here. but I tried to
update the package (I used the repo instead of downloading the .deb
package for my initial installaion) This is what I get when I try to update:

W: Failed to fetch http://download.webmin.com/download/repository/dists/
sarge/InRelease Could not connect to download.webmin.com:80
(108.60.199.109)

Any help?

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** [bugs:#4411] Can't convert the unix user to samba**

Status: closed-fixed
Group: 1.670
Created: Tue May 20, 2014 12:39 AM UTC by zhao
Last Updated: Tue Aug 09, 2016 02:24 AM UTC
Owner: nobody

archlinux, webmin 1.680

I have created a unix user. when I try to convert it to samba user, a
error raised:

Failed to convert user : /usr/bin/pdbedit failed :

new password:retype new password:

But I can use "pdbedit -a" to add the user to samba from console.

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[Anders Wikström]

As I have written before it is not a WEBMIN issue but there can be a workaround...
To me it appears to be a Samba issue as samba-tool doesn't work at all!
pdbedit -a username does work but
samba-tool user create give error code
samba-tool user add give error code
Webmin Convert User give error code

Anders
Sweden

[Jamie Cameron]

Ok, I see the cause of this - in newer Samba versions, the pdbedit command needs a extra flag when webmin calls it. This will be fixed in the next release.

[Rodrigo R. Magalhães]

Hello Jamie, anything we could to so we can circunvent this issue till next release? thx.

Just realized pdbedit on CLI for an unix user will do. No problem.

[Jamie Cameron]

You can see the fix for this here : https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/d93ae142f2a368b64aa95564dd26e22c63119bbc