How do I change an smb password?

Wednesday, 12 July 2023

Hi All,

Fedora 36
samba-4.16.4-0.fc36.x86_64

     # smbpasswd -U bozo
     ...
     mod_smbfilepwd_entry: opening file /var/lib/samba/private /smbpasswd
     mod_smbfilepwd_entry: entry exists for user bozo

And it does not change (user exists).  I have to
vi delete bozo from /var/lib/samba/private /smbpasswd
and then add the user as a new account.

What am I doing wrong?

Many thanks,
-T