Python Utility for manipulate the password properties (Samba4)

[Matthias Dieter Wallnöfer]

Hi Sassy,

this utility for setting the domain password policy does exist now and 
was written by myself during the summer. It's called "pwsettings".

Matthias

Sassy Natan schrieb:
> Hi all
>
> On February 2009, Andrew ask for volunteer to write a small python script to
> manipulate the password properties (such
> as minPwdAge, maxPwdAge, minPwdLength and pwdProperties). You can see it
> here:
>
> http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2009-February/063050.html
>
>
> I want to write this small utility by myself, cause all my users seems to
> forget every time there complex password, and cant change to there default
> one since there is password history time.
>
> I have 10 users who drive me crazy - so I think it is about time to write
> this one.
> I use Samba4 alpha8 with openldap backend. - Works great for 6 mouth now :-)
>
>
> Andrew, Can u please provide a starting point, where should I change the
> parameters? Is it only require to change some attribute in the AD objects?
> If this is a python script them I think I can handle this, but if it
> requires C/C++ Knowledge then I might need help here
>
> Let me know
> And thanks again for everything
>
> The new Replication (Samba4<->Samab4) (Samab4<->AD) is amazing - I don't
> know how to u know this stuff
>
> Sassy :-)
>
>