[Samba] Disabling Machine Account password change

Andrew Bartlett abartlet at samba.org
Mon Mar 15 20:48:38 GMT 2004


On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 04:06:11PM +0100, Matthieu Le Corre wrote:
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> Look at the options :
> "machine password timeout"
> on the samba server ;)
> 
> "
> machine password timeout = seconds 
> 
> Default: 604,800
> 
> Allowable values: number of seconds
> 
> Sets the period between (NT domain) machine password changes. Default is 1 
> week, or 604,800 seconds.
> "
> 
> mayby this help ;)

This is not relevent for a Samba PDC, the client chooses when to change the password.

The only thing a DC can do is set a system policy.

Andrew Bartlett


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