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[b]rrathnam,[/b]

[b]I had some of those exact issues, these tips will help you:[/b]
1) the kerb password should be listed below the long string “\01\04\00\00\00\00\00\05\…”
2) put the script in /usr/bin to make the ‘command not found’ error go away

[b]I get this too every time when run: [/b](maybe this is preventing me from getting a true successful run?)
“The domain/default pair of (DirectoryService/ActiveDirectory, AD Computer Password) does not exist”
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I still end up with “\00” as the new password, even with what looks like a successful run, SMB AD auth still doesn’t work[/b]

Where are Schoun & Joel when we need them 😯

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Dearest Gods,

[b]I ran this, got the password:[/b]
sudo tdbdump /var/db/samba/secrets.tdb

[b]I created this with TextWrangler and saved it in /usr/bin as a executable file:[/b]
#!/usr/bin/expect -f
#Hack to change samba machine password non-interactively
set machinepw [lindex $argv 0]
spawn net -f changesecretpw
expect “password:”
send “$machinepw\r”
expect eof

[b]I ran this:[/b]
sudo changesecret $(defaults read /Library/Preferences/DirectoryService/ActiveDirectory “AD Computer Password”| /usr/bin/tr -d “< >” | /usr/bin/xxd -r -p)

[b]I ran this again but the output was simply “\00” for the password:[/b]
sudo tdbdump /var/db/samba/secrets.tdb

[b]Rebooted but the password stayed as “\00″[/b]

[b]Please, please tell me what I’m doing wrong, even if you feel the need to state the very obvious like creating the script[/b]
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