Tickets :: Comment on [#40] smbpasswd on Solaris 8

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Comment	> I could not get smbpasswd password changing to work from horde. I > added some debugging lines and found the problem: > > > > Line 48 of passwd-2.2/lib/Driver/smbpasswd.php reads... > > > > $cmd = $this->_params['program'] . " -r " . $this->_params['host'] . > > " -s -U \"$user\" &> $tmpfile" > > > > When I changed it to... > > $cmd = $this->_params['program'] . " -r " . $this->_params['host'] . > > " -s -U \"$user\" > $tmpfile 2>&1" > > > > ...I was able to change my smb password. > > > > The problem is that the version of /bin/sh that comes with Solaris 8 > does not support "&>" I have tested this outside of horde with a > simple script: > > > > #!/bin/sh > > echo "hello world" &> /tmp/output.txt > > exit > > > > When I execute it, instead of "hello world" being placed in > /tmp/output.txt, it is printed to the console. If I change the first > line to #!/usr/bin/bash the output is placed in /tmp/output.txt as > expected. This leads me to believe that quite simply "/bin/sh" does > not support this syntax on Solaris 8. The replacement syntax I used > above is platform independent. Since the rest of smbpasswd.php > depends on the output being stored in $tmpfile, it won't work on > Solaris 8 until it is changed. (I obviously changed this on my own > install). > > > > ~ Chris
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