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

[parkerm at ga.com]

Please explain further.....there are no policies implemented and we 
use a samba 2.2.8a PDC.  

If you are talking something on the local machine, please be 
advised that it has seemed endemic to a specific couple of users 
even after the physical machines have been swapped out.

Mike

On 15 Mar 2004 at 19:38, Craig White wrote:

> On Mon, 2004-03-15 at 16:39, M. D. Parker wrote:
> > I am seeing an intermittent problem that bugs just a few people,
> > infrequently.
> > We use a Linux RH8 / Samba 2.2.8a PDC and the clients are W2K SP3 systems
> > with
> > current M$ patches.
> > 
> > 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".
> ----
> sounds to me like a local policy issue
> 
> Craig
> 
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