[NTLUG:Discuss] Samba Password Aging

[Chris Cox]

Kenneth Loafman wrote:
...
> The smb.conf file has no surprises, just changes to Workgroup and a 
> couple of shares outside of the normal home directories.
> 
> Using straight passwd auth in Linux.  Using smbpasswd for Samba.  The 
> new database oriented passdb.tdb file for Samba has no documentation, 
> and that's the one that controls access to SMB shares.  The user is on 
> Win2K and has had to be reset every month for a while.  I just can't 
> seem to find any Samba docs that mention aging, but something is 
> decidely making his (and only his) password expire.

My guess is that the aging stuff out of shadow is still getting
utilized.  I bet you have a pam_unix in your PAM stack for samba.
The password may come out of the tdb, but the aging information
may be coming out of shadow.  Give it a check.

If you've already done this.. my apologies.. not sure what else
to look for.