[Samba] (Urgent) Re: Your password expires today problem
John H Terpstra
jht at samba.org
Sun Mar 28 07:39:54 MDT 2010
Please will all who have this problem respond with the output of
executing the following:
1) smbd -V
2) ls -al /lib*/libc-*so
3) uname -a
Thanks.
- John T.
On 03/28/2010 07:33 AM, Denis BUCHER wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have the exact same problem, but without any solution :
>
> Le 12.03.2010 08:03, Richard Lamboj a écrit :
>> Its definitly a signed 32 bit int:
>> net sam policy set "maximum password age" 4294967291
>> Account policy "maximum password age" value was: -1
>> Account policy "maximum password age" value is now: -5
>>
>> Does not work:
>> net sam policy set "maximum password age" never
>> Account policy "maximum password age" value was: 2147483647
>> Account policy "maximum password age" value is now: -1
>>
>> Does also not work:
>> net sam policy set "maximum password age" 2147483647
>> Account policy "maximum password age" value was: -5
>> Account policy "maximum password age" value is now: 2147483647
>>
>> So when i'am using "never" it will be set to -1, so it must be a signed
>> integer and this has a maximal value of 2147483647.
>>
>> Napalm and a new Job on the Beach could be the Solution...
>>
>> Am Friday 12 March 2010 02:14:10 schrieb Michael B. Trausch:
>>> On 03/11/2010 03:52 PM, Richard Lamboj wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> server-p:/# net sam policy set "maximum password age" 4294967294
>>>> Account policy "maximum password age" value was: -2
>>>> Account policy "maximum password age" value is now: -2
>>>>
>>>> Is that Output Normal?
>>>
>>> Looks like there is some wrapping going on there. Try:
>>>
>>> # net sam policy set "maximum password age" 4294967291
>>>
>>> That said, I don't know why there would be wrapping. An unsigned 32-bit
>>> integer's maximum value is 4294967295, so 4294967294 (the value that you
>>> used) should be something that would fit. I don't know what would cause
>>> that to happen that way.
>
> I tried all points and IT DOES NOT WORK, always the message "Your
> password expires today, please change your password yes/no" :
>
> -> My users are all "UX" (I also tried without X, it's even worse)
> -> I tried pdbedit
> -> I tried net sam
> -> removed "passdb backend = smbpasswd" from config
>
> # net sam policy set "maximum password age" 4294967295
> Account policy "maximum password age" value was: 0
> Account policy "maximum password age" value is now: -1
>
> pdbedit -u mbucher -v
> gives either
>> Password last set: 0
>> Password can change: 0
>> Password must change: 0
>> Last bad password : 0
>> Bad password count : 0
> either
>> Password last set: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:17:18 CET
>> Password can change: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:17:18 CET
>> Password must change: never
>> Last bad password : 0
>> Bad password count : 0
>
>
>
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated we have 90 people here and I
> really becoming mad about this, I don't know where to search for ?
>
> Denis
More information about the samba
mailing list