[Lam-public] sambaLockoutThreshold

[Tim Rice]

On Tue, 16 Oct 2007, Roland Gruber wrote:

> Hi Luf,
> 
> Ludek Finstrle schrieb:
> >   I've tried set the accound locking in Domain after x wrong passwords
> > is entered. It always lock the account after first wrong password.
> > I think that LAM interpret the sambaLockoutThreshold bad way.
> >   I think sambaLockoutThreshold is number of wrong password attempts
> > before account is locked. But LAM interpret it as 0 - disabled,
> > 1 - enabled.
> 
> it would be far easier if there was more documentation about this attribute.
> 
> @Samba developers: Can you help us? What values can I enter into
> sambaLockoutThreshold?

Here is the URL you need.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/gp/507.asp

0 for never locked, or between 1 and 999.

> 
> The schema file just says:
> 
> 'Lockout users after bad logon attempts (default: 0 => off)'
> 
> 
> Thanks a lot in advance for your help.
> 
> 
> 

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