[Samba] BDC, documentation, Machine Accounts Keep Expiring
marksarria at socal.rr.com
marksarria at socal.rr.com
Tue May 3 17:55:00 GMT 2005
What is your setup can you post your BDC configurations
mark
----- Original Message -----
From: Dmitry Melekhov <dm at belkam.com>
Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2005 1:57 am
Subject: [Samba] BDC, documentation, Machine Accounts Keep Expiring
> Hello!
>
> I want to create BDC with smbpasswd backend, just because I run
> ldap
> master on the same machine as PDC and I don't think that using ldap
> backend will be far better for me.
> Only thing I don't understand:
> I read in howto:
> <quote>
>
>
> Machine Accounts Keep Expiring
>
>
> This problem will occur when the passdb (SAM) files are copied from
> a
> central server but the local Backup Domain Controller is acting as
> a
> PDC. This results in the application of Local Machine Trust Account
> password updates to the local SAM. Such updates are not copied back
> to
> the central server.
> </quote>
>
> But I looked into change_trust_pw.c
> and see
> /* if this next call fails, then give up. We can't do
> password changes on BDC's --jerry */
>
> I.e., looks like machines will not change their password when
> working
> with BDC (i.e. when PDC is down).
>
> Do I understand this right?
>
> Thank you!
>
>
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