[Samba] change password on 1st signon

[Guido Lorenzutti]

If there is, I don't know.
I use a ldap backend and is one of the options when you create a user 
with this backend.
In tdbsam you have know a lot of more options.. but I don't recall to 
see that option in creation time with tdbsam.

fname lname wrote:
> oh, last thing is there a way to make this setting default so
> everything I create an user it auto flags the person to change
> password on signon?
>
> On 8/29/06, fname lname <larskman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> ok, done! thanks!
>>
>> On 8/29/06, Guido Lorenzutti <guido at lorenzutti.com.ar> wrote:
>> > pdbedit -i smbpasswd -e tdbsam
>> > This ONLY migrate your smbpasswd to tdbsam. You must first take 
>> down the
>> > samba server.
>> > Now backup your smbpasswd to another directory.
>> > Know, modify the smb.conf:
>> >
>> > There it says "passdb backend = smbpasswd" just put the tdbsam instead
>> > of smbpasswd.
>> >
>> > Before you start up the samba daemon again, you can do pdbedit -Lv
>> > username to see if everything is OK.
>> > If this works, start up the daemon and everything should be OK.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > fname lname wrote:
>> > > Do you have an link to update to tbsam?
>> > >
>> > > On 8/28/06, Guido Lorenzutti <guido at lorenzutti.com.ar> wrote:
>> > >> oh I don't remember... long time ago.
>> > >> I don't think so, If I remember correctly, you need tdbsam to do 
>> this.
>> > >> If you don't have tdbsam, you must use the standard unix tools,
>> > >> /etc/shadow.
>> > >>
>> > >> Update to tdbsam, is trivial to do that.
>> > >>
>> > >> fname lname wrote:
>> > >> > Does this work with the standard smbpasswd file?
>> > >> >
>> > >> > On 8/28/06, Guido Lorenzutti <guido at lorenzutti.com.ar> wrote:
>> > >> >> fname lname wrote:
>> > >> >> > Is there a way to enable user to change password on first 
>> signon?
>> > >> >> pdbedit --pwd-must-change-time 0 username
>> > >> >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> >
>> >
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