Re: [TCLUG:18006] any help for this sad situation?

[barnabas@pobox.com]

Jeff,

Assuming you have remote access to your network at work, check out VNC
(http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/index.html).  I use it to access the
network at work over an encrypted, compressed ssh tunnel and a 44k
dial-up connection.  I wouldn't use it that way all day, but it works
for short tasks.

Eric

Jeff Hallgren wrote:
> 
>         Periodically, the passwords on the local NT/Exchange network expire.
> I'm tired of driving into work at 5pm on saturday (or bugging people who
> happen to still be there) to log into NT just to set a new password.
> Without that password I can't get email or mount shares. I was hoping
> there was an easier way to do this.
>         I've tried smbpasswd and while it seems like the right kind of utility,
> it just doesn't work.
> smbpasswd -r our.host.com -U jhallgren
> 
> I get the error:
> machine our.host.com rejected the session setup. Error was : Called name
> not present.
> Failed to change password for jhallgren
> 
>         Maybe that's not the right utility or maybe its a config problem. Any
> ideas? I'm using RH6.2.
>         Jeff
> Jeff Hallgren
> jhallgren@abaton.com
> 
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