[Samba] Samba + LDAP + Password Expiry = Almost working...

Collins, Kevin KCollins at nesbittengineering.com
Tue Sep 16 16:53:39 GMT 2003


I've got a Samba 2.2.7a domain with an LDAP backend.  It's been working for
nearly 3 months now without much bother.

By the way: Great work and thanks for all of the effort!

I have been missing one minor thing from the setup since I moved away from
NT 4: Password Expiration.  In the past I have posted questions about this
on the list and I've gotten two answers:  "Wait for 3." or "Write your own
script to do it for you."  Well, I sorta went the second route.

By "sorta" I mean that I modified a pre-existing script to make it do what I
wanted it to.  What I did was this...I started with IDEALX's howto and
scripts to get things going.  I had Samba configured to use their
"smbldap-passwd.pl" script to modify passwords.  That worked, I could change
any Windows account password from Windows or the command line and indeed all
three passwords for that user are changed (Unix, LM and NT passwords).

I later discovered the LDAP entry "pwdMustChange" while looking at a user
account one day.  When I set this to a date inside of 14 days from today,
Windows begins to barks about "Password will expire in X days" - Great I
thought I found my solution.  But the default password change script
wouldn't modify this value.

So I modified the script to where it would.  This is where my confusion
starts.  When I run my modified script from the command line, I get the
password changes I expect and I get the pwdMustChange date changes I expect
too.  "Cool!" I thought - things are coming together.  But when I turn to my
Windows machine (Windows 2000 or XP) and change my password all I get is the
password changes and the value for "pwdLastSet" being changed.

HUH?  If Samba is being told to run my script in its configuration file with
"passwd program = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-passwd.pl -o %u", then why doesn't
it work like when I run it from the command line?

To put it simply, when I run my script on the command line, it works -
exactly the way I want.  When Samba is told to change passwords from a
Windows machine, it either doesn't use my script or is passing some other
information that causes the script to perform differently.  In either case,
I have spent the better part of two days looking for cure to this and not
been able to find a solution.

So, I'm hoping that someone here will be able to help me.  I have included
the smb.conf file and the modified version of the IDEALX smbpasswd.pl script
below.  Any help is appreciated.

If it comes down to it, I (think I) can create a script that will do what I
need outside of the IDEALX stuff, but I would prefer not to as they seem to
work so well.

SMB.CONF
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#
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*
# --       Nesbitt Engineering, Inc. Stargazer Samba Configuration
--
#
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*
# This is the main Samba configuration file for Stargazer - NEI's Primary
# Domain Controller and Lexington office File Server.
#
# This configuration file is only to be used for an LDAP enabled server that
# will be acting as a PDC.  Modifications will be required for member
servers
# and machine that will act as "BDCs".
#
# Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash)
# is a comment and is ignored. In this file we have used a #
# for commentry and a ; for parts of the config file that are
# either not enabled yet, or temporarly disabled
#
# NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command "testparm"
# to check that you have not made any basic syntactic errors.
#
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
# "Fear the Penguin!"
#   -- Kevin L. Collins
#      Systems Manager
#      Nesbitt Engineering, Inc.
#
****************************************************************************
*
# Changelog:
# Date - Version - Change
#                * Info about change
#
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
# 06/04/03 - 1.0 - Original Creation
#
****************************************************************************
*

#============================= Global Settings
================================
[global]
# Server Name and description
   workgroup = nesbitt.local
   netbios name = stargazer
   server string = Stargazer - Lexington File Server

# Samba log information
   log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
   max log size = 0

# Security information
   security = user
   encrypt passwords = yes
   smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
   unix password sync = Yes
   passwd program = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-passwd.pl -o %u
   passwd chat = *New*Password* %n\n *Retype*New*Password* %n\n
*All*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*

# To help performance
   socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192

# Settings for PDC setup
   local master = yes
   os level = 80
   domain master = yes
   preferred master = yes
   domain logons = yes
   logon path =

# Activate these Network Services
   wins support = yes
   time server = yes

# LDAP Declarations -- Needed to allow the LDAP backend to work
   ldap suffix = dc=nesbitt,dc=local
   ldap admin dn = cn=Manager,dc=nesbitt,dc=local
   ldap port = 389
   ldap server = 127.0.0.1
   ldap ssl = no
   add user script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-useradd.pl -w %m
   domain admin group = " @"Domain Admins" "

# Oplocks settings - disable all oplocks for compatibility reasons
   oplocks = no
   level2 oplocks = no
   kernel oplocks = no

#============================= Share Definitions
===============================
[netlogon]
   comment = Network Logon Service
   path = /usr/local/samba/lib/netlogon
   guest ok = yes
   writable = no
   write list = @"domain admins"
   share modes = no

[homes]
   comment = Home Directories
   browseable = no
   writable = yes
   valid users = %S
   create mode = 0664
   directory mode = 0775

[admin]
   comment = Administrative Files
   path = /npdata/admin
   writable = yes
   create mode = 0777
   directory mode = 0777

[archives]
   comment = Files to be Archived
   path = /npdata/archives
   writeable = yes
   valid users = @"domain admins" @"project management" kcollins bmcgregor
   create mode = 0777
   directory mode = 0777

[cadfiles]
   comment = NEI Custom AutoCAD and Eagle Point Files
   path = /npdata/cadfiles
   writable = yes
   create mode = 0777
   directory mode = 0777

[county maps]
   comment = Raster Versions of County Maps
   path = /images/county
   writeable = yes
   create mode = 0777
   directory mode = 0777

[drivers]
   comment = Various Windows Drivers
   path = /npdata/drivers
   read only = yes
   write list = @"domain admins" kcollins bmcgregor
   create mode = 0777
   directory mode = 0777

[finance]
   comment = Accounting Data
   path = /account/finance
   writable = yes
   valid users = @"domain admins" @"senior management" accounting
   create mode = 0777
   directory mode = 0777

[projects]
   comment = Lexington Project Data
   path = /pdata/projects
   writeable = yes
   create mode = 0777
   directory mode = 0777

[quadimages]
   comment = Raster Versions of USGS Quads
   path = /images/quads
   writable = yes
   create mode = 0777
   directory mode = 0777

[timeslips]
   comment = Timeslips Data
   path = /account/timeslips
   writable = yes
   valid users = @"clerical staff" @"domain admins" accounting
   create mode = 0777
   directory mode = 0777
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SMBLDAP-PASSWD.PL
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#!/usr/bin/perl

# LDAP to unix password sync script for samba
#  This code was developped by IDEALX (http://IDEALX.org/) and
#  contributors (their names can be found in the CONTRIBUTORS file).
#
#                 Copyright (C) 2001-2002 IDEALX
#
#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
#  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
#  as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
#  of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
#  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
#  GNU General Public License for more details.
#
#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
#  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
#  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307,
#  USA.

#  Purpose :
#       . ldap-unix passwd sync for SAMBA-2.2.2 + LDAP
#       . may also replace /bin/passwd

use strict;
use smbldap_tools;
use smbldap_conf;

my $user;
my $oldpass;
my $ret;

my $arg;

foreach $arg (@ARGV) {
        if ($< != 0) {
                die "Only root can specify parameters\n";
        } else {
                if ( ($arg eq '-?') || ($arg eq '--help') ) {
                        print "Usage: $0 [username]\n";
                        print "  -?, --help                     show this
help message\n";
                        exit (6);
                } elsif (substr($arg,0) ne '-')  {
                        $user = $arg;
                }
                $oldpass = 1;
        }
}

if (!defined($user)) {
        $user=$ENV{"USER"};
}

# test existence of user in LDAP
my $dn_line;
if (!defined($dn_line = get_user_dn($user))) {
    print "$0: user $user doesn't exist\n";
    exit (10);
}

my $dn = get_dn_from_line($dn_line);

my $samba = is_samba_user($user);

print "Changing password for $user\n";

# non-root user
if (!defined($oldpass)) {
    # prompt for current password
        system "stty -echo";
        print "(current) UNIX password: ";
        chomp($oldpass=<STDIN>);
        print "\n";
        system "stty echo";

        if (!is_user_valid($user, $dn, $oldpass)) {
            print "Authentication failure\n";
            exit (10);
        }
}

# prompt for new password

my $pass;
my $pass2;

system "stty -echo";
print "New password : ";
chomp($pass=<STDIN>);
print "\n";
system "stty echo";

system "stty -echo";
print "Retype new password : ";
chomp($pass2=<STDIN>);
print "\n";
system "stty echo";

if ($pass ne $pass2) {
    print "New passwords don't match!\n";
    exit (10);
}

# only modify smb passwords if smb user
if ($samba == 1) {
    if (!$with_smbpasswd) {
# generate LanManager and NT clear text passwords
# *****************************************************
# modified on 05-04-03 by Kevin Collins of NEI
# -----------------------------------------------------
# Added the "$neidate" and "$winmagic" varibles so that
# the "pwdMustChange" field can be set to a value of 90
# days in the future from today.
#
# It is hoped that by changing this field in this way,
# the Windows users must change thier account passwords
# every 90 days.
# *****************************************************
        if ($mk_ntpasswd eq '') {
            print "Either set \$with_smbpasswd = 1 or specify
\$mk_ntpasswd\n";
            exit(1);
        }
        my $ntpwd = `$mk_ntpasswd '$pass'`;
        my $neidate = `/bin/date +%s`;
        my $chgdate = $neidate+7776000;
        chomp(my $lmpassword = substr($ntpwd, 0, index($ntpwd, ':')));
        chomp(my $ntpassword = substr($ntpwd, index($ntpwd, ':')+1));

# change nt/lm passwords
# ***************************************************
# Modified on 05-04-03 by kevin Collins of NEI
# ---------------------------------------------------
# Added the modify "pwdMustChange" field for password
# changes.  See Modification note above for reasons.
# ***************************************************
        my $tmpldif =
"$dn_line
changetype: modify
replace: pwdMustChange
pwdMustChange: $chgdate
-
changetype: modify
replace: lmpassword
lmpassword: $lmpassword
-
changetype: modify
replace: ntpassword
ntpassword: $ntpassword
-

";
        die "$0: error while modifying password for $user\n"
            unless (do_ldapmodify($tmpldif) == 0);
        undef $tmpldif;
    }
    else {
        if ($< != 0) {
            my $FILE="|$smbpasswd -s >/dev/null";
            open (FILE, $FILE) || die "$!\n";
            print FILE <<EOF;
'$oldpass'
'$pass'
'$pass'
EOF
    ;
            close FILE;
        } else {
            my $FILE="|$smbpasswd $user -s >/dev/null";
            open (FILE, $FILE) || die "$!\n";
            print FILE <<EOF;
'$pass'
'$pass'
EOF
    ;
            close FILE;
        }
    }
}
# change unix password
$ret = system "$ldappasswd $dn -s '$pass' > /dev/null";
if ($ret == 0) {
    print "all authentication tokens updated successfully\n";
} else {
    return $ret;
}

exit 0;


# - The End

=head1 NAME

smbldap-passwd.pl - change user password

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  smbldap-passwd.pl [name]

=head1 DESCRIPTION

       smbldap-passwd.pl changes passwords for user accounts. A normal user
       may only change the password for their own account, the super user
may
       change the password for any account.

   Password Changes
       The user is first prompted for their old password, if one is present.
       This password is then tested against the stored password by binding
       to the server. The user has only one chance to enter the correct
pass-
       word. The super user is permitted to bypass this step so that forgot-
       ten passwords may be changed.

       The user is then prompted for a replacement password. As a general
       guideline, passwords should consist of 6 to 8 characters including
       one or more from each of following sets:

            Lower case alphabetics

            Upper case alphabetics

            Digits 0 thru 9

            Punctuation marks

       passwd will prompt again and compare the second entry against the
first.
       Both entries are require to match in order for the password to be
       changed.

=head1 SEE ALSO

       passwd(1)

=cut

#'
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Kevin L. Collins, MCSE
Systems Manager
Nesbitt Engineering, Inc. 



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