To change your password on the server, proceed as follows:
smbpasswd -r files.cs.gordon.edu -U username
(Where username is the user name for your server account)
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:
Password changed for user username
Your password is not actually changed until you see the message Password changed for user username at the end of the process. If the process is aborted before this point, your original password is still in place, unmodified. If you still want to change it, you can start over from the beginning.