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Re: [webmin-l] Re: Usermin : Change Password Home Dir Required?
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From: Jamie C. <jca...@we...> - 2005-09-29 11:40:21
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Ok, try installing the updated version from: http://www.webmin.com/uupdates/changepass-1.160-1.wbm.gz and then editing that same config file, and changing the mailbox=1 line to mailbox=0 - Jamie On 29/Sep/2005 19:38 Rob Thomas wrote .. > Hi Jamie, > That line was already set to 0 so thats no it. Here is my > /etc/usermin/changepass/config file .... > > cmd_mode=0 > passwd_new=0 > post_command= > passwd_same=0 > mysql=0 > passwd_prog= > passwd_cmd= > passwd_dict=0 > smbpasswd=smbpasswd > passwd_min=0 > passwd_re= > > Oh and I'm using WBEL3.0 if thats any help. > Cheers > Rob > > On 29 Sep 2005 16:11:13 +1000, Jamie Cameron <jca...@we...> wrote: > > Ok, I think I know what the problem is now.. > > The module is attempting to also update the MySQL and mailbox passwords > > for the user, but this fails because it is calling the Usermin MySQL > and > > Read Mail modules, which assume the user has a home directory! > > > > You may be able to solve this by editing /etc/usermin/changepass/config > > and changing the mysql=1 line to mysql=0 . > > > > - Jamie > > > > On Wed, 2005-09-28 at 22:59, Rob Thomas wrote: > > > Please ignore the orginal error message as I've edited some of the > > > messages for my domain. But the real default usermin error message > is > > > .... > > > > > > Failed to change password : Failed to create /home/{user id}/.usermin > > > : No such file or directory > > > > > > Now even though our users don't have home directories they do have > > > them set under their account. Confusing I know and not very tidy but > > > thats the way it used to work. Also, just to highlight again, the > > > password does in fact get changed even though this message is > > > displayed. I've set the change password module to use pam instead of > > > direct file manipulation if that makes any difference. > > > Cheers > > > Rob > > > > > > On 28 Sep 2005 22:40:23 +1000, Jamie Cameron <jca...@we...> > wrote: > > > > Thanks ... > > > > Could you tell me what the exact error message that you are seeing > is? > > I > > > > want to track down where it is coming from, so the wording is > > > > important.. > > > > > > > > - Jamie > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2005-09-28 at 22:37, Rob Thomas wrote: > > > > > Hi Jamie, > > > > > Yes I'm using the standard Change Passwords module in 1.160. I > can > > > > > also confirm that it happens in 1.150 too but as my colleague didn't > > > > > tell me users were getting this failure message it could also be > > > > > happening in previous releases. > > > > > > > > > > Cheers for your help on this and the effort you put into Webmin > and > > > > > Usermin, they are really great tools. > > > > > > > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > > > On 9/28/05, Jamie Cameron <jca...@we...> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Rob, > > > > > > This may be a bug that has crept into the 1.160 release of > > Usermin.. > > > > > > Are you using the Change Passwords module to do the password > > change, > > > > > > or some other module? > > > > > > > > > > > > - Jamie > > > > > > > > > > > > On 28/Sep/2005 21:00 Rob Thomas wrote .. > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > Been using Usermin for a few years now to allow users to change > > their > > > > > > > password on our Linux-Samba domain and its been working > > perfectly. > > > > > > > However I've just noticed that when using the latest version > > 1.160 > > > > > > > that we are getting a failed message .... > > > > > > > Failed to change {domain name} domain password : Failed to > create > > > > > > > /home/{userid}/.usermin : No such file or directory > > > > > > > The password is changed ok. I've tracked this down to the fact > > that > > > > > > > our users don't have home directories. It looks as though Usermin > > > > > > > wants to create a .usermin/mailbox in their home directory. > Is > > this > > > > > > > behaviour by design and can we disable it in some way? I'm > also > > not > > > > > > > sure which version of Usermin this started happening as someone > > else > > > > > > > has been managing the box and the upgrades and didn't notice > it. > > > > > > > If this can't be configured then I guess my option is create > the > > > > users > > > > > > > home directories. > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: > > > > > > > Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, > > > > discussions, > > > > > > > and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl > > > > > > > - > > > > > > > Forwarded by the Webmin mailing list at > > > > > > web...@li... > > > > > > > To remove yourself from this list, go to > > > > > > > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webadmin-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: > > > > > > Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, > > > > discussions, > > > > > > and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl > > > > > > - > > > > > > Forwarded by the Webmin mailing list at > > > > web...@li... > > > > > > To remove yourself from this list, go to > > > > > > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webadmin-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: > > > > > Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, > > discussions, > > > > > and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl > > > > > - > > > > > Forwarded by the Webmin mailing list at > > > > web...@li... > > > > > To remove yourself from this list, go to > > > > > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webadmin-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: > > > > Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, > > discussions, > > > > and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl > > > > - > > > > Forwarded by the Webmin mailing list at > > web...@li... > > > > To remove yourself from this list, go to > > > > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webadmin-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: > > > Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, > > > and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl > > > - > > > Forwarded by the Webmin mailing list at > > web...@li... > > > To remove yourself from this list, go to > > > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webadmin-list > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: > > Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, > > and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl > > - > > Forwarded by the Webmin mailing list at web...@li... > > To remove yourself from this list, go to > > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webadmin-list > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, > and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl > - > Forwarded by the Webmin mailing list at web...@li... > To remove yourself from this list, go to > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webadmin-list |
