Sporadic Password Sync (?)

[Todd Stiers]

Actually, it seems I can sync passwords but only after each
and every smbd server restart!

-Todd

> -----Original Message-----
> From: samba-ntdom at samba.org [mailto:samba-ntdom at samba.org]On Behalf Of
> Todd Stiers
> Sent: Monday, February 08, 1999 3:54 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Sporadic Password Sync (?)
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I wrapped my /usr/bin/passwd program in a bash script so I could
> script synconization to a database(mysql) with the encryption left
> in the /etc/passwd file.
> 
> Changing passwords on my local machine works only occasionally,
> and I have no clue as to why.
> 
> Does NT store passwords in a buffer or use a timer to prevent 
> rapid changes, or for changing passwords to previous passwords?
> My scripts work perfectly as root, and like I said, 1 out of 10 attempts
> suddenly goes through perfectly.
> 
> The "lock workstation" NT option seems to use a password stored someplace
> (I get no net traffic from this).
> 
> Thanks,
> Todd
> 
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