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Problem changing password for users

clubt
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Problem changing password for users

Hi,

First of all I would like to apologize if this is posted under the wrong topic.

I discovered a problem when trying to change my password. This was discovered while trying to access one CIFS-share that is only accessible to specific users. Now I always get an error message stating that I should contact the network administrator.

So what I have tried to do is to change to password through the Security -> Users under the web-control-page. But when I have pressed the apply button the password buttons (that each corresponds to a letter) is changed back to six instead of the numbers i just typed in, and I once again get the error message when trying to access the share.

Anyone else that has had similar problems? Can I change the password through ssh? In that case what is the filename and path?

Best regards
Alex
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mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired

Re: Problem changing password for users

Do you just get the error if logged in via CIFS or also via other protocols?

If just over CIFS, try

# smbpasswd -a username
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clubt
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Re: Problem changing password for users

Thanks for your reply, it is something like this I was looking for. However I am still not able to change the password, even while connecting over ssh as root. The error message I get is:
Failed to add entry for user username.

BR
Alex

Edit: It's only over CIFS
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mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired

Re: Problem changing password for users

I suggest you contact NetGear support and post your case number.
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