[Samba] (Urgent) Re: Your password expires today problem

John H Terpstra jht at samba.org
Mon Mar 29 06:56:13 MDT 2010


Richi,

Please file a detailed bug report on https://bugzilla.samba.org with
clear steps so that one of the developers can reproduce your problem.

Is your installation new, or was is migrated from an earlier version of
Samba?

- John T.

On 03/29/2010 01:45 AM, Richard Lamboj wrote:
> 
> Good morning John,
> 
> here is the Output:
> server-b10:/# ls -al /lib*/libc-*so
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1375536 14. Jän 07:51 /lib64/libc-2.7.so
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1375536 14. Jän 07:51 /lib/libc-2.7.so
> server-b10:/# uname -a
> Linux server-b10.intern.bilcom.at 2.6.32-vs2.3.0.36.26 #1 SMP Thu Dec 10 
> 16:36:45 CET 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> 
> Some System informations:
> OS: Debian Lenny
> Arch: x86_64
> Others: Linux VServer Guest
> 
> Kind Regards
> 
> Richi
> 
> Am Sunday 28 March 2010 15:39:54 schrieb John H Terpstra:
>> 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
> 



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