Fw: Samba user manager and password expires today

[Jeff Petrowich (Sim Products)]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim McDonough" <jmcd at us.ibm.com>
To: "Jeff Petrowich (Sim Products)" <jpet at simproducts.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: Samba user manager and password expires today


>
> 2.2.3-pre.  It's only a couple of days old...
>
> ----------------------------
> Jim McDonough
> IBM Linux Technology Center
> Samba Team
> 6 Minuteman Drive
> Scarborough, ME 04074
> USA
>
> jmcd at us.ibm.com
> jmcd at samba.org
>
> Phone: (207) 885-5565
> IBM tie-line: 776-9984
>
>
> "Jeff Petrowich \(Sim Products\)" <jpet at simproducts.com> on 01/10/2002
> 11:37:20 AM
>
> Please respond to "Jeff Petrowich \(Sim Products\)" <jpet at simproducts.com>
>
> To:    Jim McDonough/Portland/IBM at IBMUS
> cc:
> Subject:    Re: Samba user manager and password expires today
>
>
>
> I think that it might have something to do with my Unix "passwd".  What
> version of samba are you running?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim McDonough" <jmcd at us.ibm.com>
> To: "Jeff Petrowich (Sim Products)" <jpet at simproducts.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 11:28 AM
> Subject: Re: Samba user manager and password expires today
>
>
> >
> > Hmm, I tried out both versions (2k and NT) of usrmgr on my 2k machine,
> and
> > both worked for me.  Argh.
> >
> > It's certainly not out of the question that the ability to change things
> in
> > usrmgr wasn't quite there yet in 2.2.2....but we still need to get you
> past
> > the expiration problem...
> >
> > ----------------------------
> > Jim McDonough
> > IBM Linux Technology Center
> > Samba Team
> > 6 Minuteman Drive
> > Scarborough, ME 04074
> > USA
> >
> > jmcd at us.ibm.com
> > jmcd at samba.org
> >
> > Phone: (207) 885-5565
> > IBM tie-line: 776-9984
> >
> >
> > "Jeff Petrowich \(Sim Products\)" <jpet at simproducts.com> on 01/09/2002
> > 11:58:08 AM
> >
> > Please respond to "Jeff Petrowich \(Sim Products\)"
> <jpet at simproducts.com>
> >
> > To:    Jim McDonough/Portland/IBM at IBMUS
> > cc:
> > Subject:    Re: Samba user manager and password expires today
> >
> >
> >
> > mine is NT4.  maybe that's the problem?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jim McDonough" <jmcd at us.ibm.com>
> > To: "Jeff Petrowich (Sim Products)" <jpet at simproducts.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 10:50 AM
> > Subject: Re: Samba user manager and password expires today
> >
> >
> > >
> > > I guess the other question is, where did you get usrmgr.exe?  There
are
> > > multiple versions of it, and they don't all work quiet the same...
> > >
> > > I'm running mine from the Windows 2000 Professional Resource Kit.
> > >
> > > ----------------------------
> > > Jim McDonough
> > > IBM Linux Technology Center
> > > Samba Team
> > > 6 Minuteman Drive
> > > Scarborough, ME 04074
> > > USA
> > >
> > > jmcd at us.ibm.com
> > > jmcd at samba.org
> > >
> > > Phone: (207) 885-5565
> > > IBM tie-line: 776-9984
> > >
> > >
> > > "Jeff Petrowich \(Sim Products\)" <jpet at simproducts.com> on 01/09/2002
> > > 10:52:33 AM
> > >
> > > Please respond to "Jeff Petrowich \(Sim Products\)"
> > <jpet at simproducts.com>
> > >
> > > To:    Jim McDonough/Portland/IBM at IBMUS
> > > cc:
> > > Subject:    Re: Samba user manager and password expires today
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > They are both checked.  and I can't un-check them.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Jim McDonough" <jmcd at us.ibm.com>
> > > To: "Jeff Petrowich (Sim Products)" <jpet at simproducts.com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 9:52 AM
> > > Subject: Re: Samba user manager and password expires today
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I understand that the check boxes are in user manager for
domains...I
> > was
> > > > listing the ones that appear on mine:
> > > > User Must Change Password at Next Logon
> > > > Password Never Expires
> > > >
> > > > Which is checked?
> > > >
> > > > ----------------------------
> > > > Jim McDonough
> > > > IBM Linux Technology Center
> > > > Samba Team
> > > > 6 Minuteman Drive
> > > > Scarborough, ME 04074
> > > > USA
> > > >
> > > > jmcd at us.ibm.com
> > > > jmcd at samba.org
> > > >
> > > > Phone: (207) 885-5565
> > > > IBM tie-line: 776-9984
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Jeff Petrowich \(Sim Products\)" <jpet at simproducts.com> on
> 01/09/2002
> > > > 10:46:38 AM
> > > >
> > > > Please respond to "Jeff Petrowich \(Sim Products\)"
> > > <jpet at simproducts.com>
> > > >
> > > > To:    Jim McDonough/Portland/IBM at IBMUS
> > > > cc:
> > > > Subject:    Re: Samba user manager and password expires today
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Yes, I am logged in as root and the box that pops up on the Windows
> > > client
> > > > says "Your password expires today, do you want to change it".
> > > >
> > > > The check boxes that I was referring to are in windows user manager
> for
> > > > domains.
> > > >
> > > > I will ask samba.org.
> > > > Thanks for the info.
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Jim McDonough" <jmcd at us.ibm.com>
> > > > To: "Jeff Petrowich (Sim Products)" <jpet at simproducts.com>
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 9:41 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: Samba user manager and password expires today
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Jeff,
> > > > This kind of question should be asked on the samba at samba.org mailing
> > > list.
> > > >
> > > > As for this specific problem, I would assume you're logged on as a
> user
> > > > with administrator priviledges...
> > > >
> > > > And I'm not sure which box you are referring to by "password
expires"
> > > box.
> > > > Is that the "Password never expires", or "user must change password
> at
> > > next
> > > > logon" box?
> > > >
> > > > ----------------------------
> > > > Jim McDonough
> > > > IBM Linux Technology Center
> > > > Samba Team
> > > > 6 Minuteman Drive
> > > > Scarborough, ME 04074
> > > > USA
> > > >
> > > > jmcd at us.ibm.com
> > > > jmcd at samba.org
> > > >
> > > > Phone: (207) 885-5565
> > > > IBM tie-line: 776-9984
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Jeff Petrowich \(Sim Products\)" <jpet at simproducts.com> on
> 01/07/2002
> > > > 11:24:15 AM
> > > >
> > > > Please respond to "Jeff Petrowich \(Sim Products\)"
> > > <jpet at simproducts.com>
> > > >
> > > > To:    Jim McDonough/Portland/IBM at IBMUS
> > > > cc:
> > > > Subject:    Samba user manager and password expires today
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Jim,
> > > >
> > > > I am relatively new to linux I have succesfully  installed and
> > configured
> > > > an Linux
> > > > box w/ Redhat 7.1 and Samba 2.2.2.
> > > >
> > > > This machine is a PDC for a network of Win2k  clients. Every one ca
> log
> > > on
> > > > fine
> > > > and roaming profiles works good but every time a  user logs on he
> gets
> > a
> > > > dialog box that says; Your passord expires today,  do you wish to
> > change
> > > > it. I went into usrmgr and I noticed that the  password expires
check
> > box
> > > > is on but I can not change it or anything else for  that matter.
> Could
> > > you
> > > > explain to me how to get rid of the passord expires  box or how to
> > > > configure samba so that srvmgr and usrmgr work?
> > > >
> > > > I've read the on-line help but it doesn't really  talk you through
> the
> > > > procedure.
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