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Is it possible to setup Samba to ask for password reset when the user first logs in without the need to setup a domain controller? Would this work properly with Windows clients or with clients using Linux with file managers like Krusader or Nautilus? Could somebody give me a few pointers how to implement this if is possible? I'm pretty new to Samba and I use it as a file server and I would like to have such a feature on it, but I'm not sure if it's possible. Thanks!

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@crazybyte, @Nexus: Of course this is possible. See the explanation of passwd chat and passwd program parameters in man smb.conf.

(Sorry for mis-using an answer for what should be a comment to your answer. My karma doesn't increase here (as opposed to stackoverflow.com and superuser.com), so I'm not allowed to comment...)

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Question was is it possible to reset the samba password from the client (Windows or Krusader/Nautilus). The commands you provided are for running on the Samba server. – Nexus Jan 23 at 8:02
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You could use preexec on the user-share and fire up a Infobox (net send like). under linux you can use this one : echo "text" | smbclient -M hostname %m or %I can be used instead of hostname. (man smb.conf for the meaning)

There you can point out the need of pw-changing.

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I don't think this is possible. Samba is an implementation of the SMB/CIFS protocol, which doesn't contain password reset functionality.

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