[Samba] Account Lockout using Security=Server

[Evans Chris - cevans]

That was just what I was looking for. Thanks!

-----Original Message-----
From: Andreas Hasenack [mailto:andreas at conectiva.com.br]
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 7:06 PM
To: Evans Chris - cevans
Cc: 'samba at lists.samba.org'
Subject: Re: [Samba] Account Lockout using Security=Server


Em Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 04:28:50PM -0600, Evans Chris - cevans escreveu:
>    I was wondering if any of you could help me out. I am not a Samba user
> although we have several instances of Samba running in our organization.
We
> are running into a problem with Samba machines locking out user accounts
in
> our Windows 2000 domain. I have found a little information about this but
> nothing in depth. The Samba servers are configured to use security=server
> and are using our domain controllers as password servers. Every time a
user
> accesses one of the samba boxes 2 incorrect password attempts is logged on

This is expected and is a drawback in this security mode.

Check:
http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.html#AEN393





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