Password Aging/Expiration in Samba 3?

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Jeremy Allison wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 03:51:44PM -0300, Ariel Mella wrote:
> > Jeremy:
> > >
> > > Yes, we store the value, but are not yet checking it on
> > > login etc. This is planned for the full release.
> > ok... and things like add/delete/change properties etc. of the users... are
> > in the TODO list to the full samba 3 or not??
> > an example:
> > in NT using UserMgr i can specifiy a home directory differten for each
> > user.. in smb.conf i can only spcify one service witht that name and is not
> > a properti of the user.
> > yes, i could mix it using cariables like %U.. but stilll differ the manner
> > NT take this.
>
> Well the idea is to make it as close to NT with UserMgr as we can.
>
> Look at the ACL support on shares for details. We check the share
> ACL database first, then if that passes we check the smb.conf
> restrictions.
>
> The settings in smb.conf must always override the stuff set in the
> databases (IMHO).

I would disagree on this one.  The smb.conf should provide default values.
But one stored in a Samba's tdb/ldap/whatever should take precedence.
This is the path of least surprise IMO and probably what the admin
desired.






chau, jerry
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