[Fwd: [Samba] Kickoff time expired, how to change?]

[Bardo Wolf]

try

pdbedit -c "[X]" <username>

or similar ( see man pdbedit)

bardo



Heinz Allerberger schrieb:
> Dear friends,
> 
> is there anybody who can help us, I've the same problem with the Kickoff
> Time.
> I also found no possibility to change it...
> 
> Heinz
> 
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Betreff:     [Samba] Kickoff time expired, how to change?
> Datum:     Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:35:32 -0700
> Von:     Tim Donnelly <tim at coalliance.org>
> An:     <samba at lists.samba.org>
> 
> 
> 
> I am attempting to move my running Samba server from an old, inadequate
> machine, to one that is better suited to handle the load.  Our office is
> very small, only 8 people, and the configuration is simple.  I am running
> Samba 3.0.23c on the old server and 3.0.23d on the new.  I am using the
> tdbsam for the backend.
> 
> 
> 
> Basically I copied the entire /etc/samba directory from the old to the new
> server and used rsync to keep the users directories up to date with each
> other.
> 
> 
> 
> The problem is, on the new machine, if I look at a users information using
> pdbedit -Lv <username> I see that the Kickoff time and Password Must Change
> fields are both set to Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:59:59 MST.  This results in the
> users account being "expired" and of course they cannot log in.  I can
> change the Password Must change field easily enough, but I cannot find any
> reference to Kickoff Time that does not also talk about LDAP in the
> documentation, on this list or even via Google.
> 
> 
> 
> I don't have the time, nor frankly the inclination, to try and set up an
> LDAP server at the moment.
> 
> 
> 
> Is there some way to change the Kickoff Time?  Or is there a different
> technique I should follow to migrate servers?
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> 
> 
> Tim Donnelly
> 
> System/Network Administrator
> 
> Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries
> 
> (303)759-3399 x106
> 
> 
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