[Samba] Re: M$ W2K Clients get requests to change samba password -- PDC is a samba 2.2.8a

[parkerm at ga.com]

Ahh....there is no pbedit in Samba 2.2.8a....

Mike

On 16 Mar 2004 at 3:36, JustFillBug wrote:

> On 2004-03-15, M. D. Parker <mike.parker at ga.com> wrote:
> >
> > At times, users get the a message that their password expires in XX days and
> > if they would like to change them.
> >
> > The smbpasswd file for all user entries are marked with the flags 'UX'
> > meaning
> >  of course the password NEVER expires.
> >
> > I have verified that the RH shadow passwords (should not be used) are set to
> > never
> > expire.  And "obey pam restrictions=no".
> >
> 
> Yes, it is very hard to find out how to change expire date on the net.
> Bad document or document organization on Samba.
> 
> You have to use 'pdbedit' to control that. And this should be in FAQ.
> All the talk about shadow password and pam are misleading.
> 
> 
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