Forcing Password Change

[Henning Eiben]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: samba-ntdom-admin at samba.org [mailto:samba-ntdom-admin at samba.org]On
> Behalf Of James B Curry
> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 11:30 PM
> To: Jason Jensen
> Cc: samba-ntdom at samba.org; anthonyp at esociety.com
> Subject: Re: Forcing Password Change
>
>
> Jason Jensen wrote:
> >
> > You both are forgetting one thing, these machines have the
> ability to run NT
> > scripts.. use this ability.. Nt scripts are VERY powerful i
> think you have
> > overlooked them, i am certian that you could make a user change his
> > password, or at the very least bring a message up telling him password
> > policy.
>
> That sounds promising, but still leaves 2 unanswered questions:
> 1.  How can an expired Unix password initiate the NT script?
> 2.  Specifically, what NT script would bring up a password dialogue?
>
> Where can I find more info on NT scripts on Linux?
> (Specifically, Red Hat 6.x)

Well, the distribution should not matter. I would use something like KIX or
if you want more functionality you could use VBS. You should take a look at
the Windows Scripting Host, which allows you to run a lot of scripting
languages (including perl!).


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