[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Samba password aging (or not?)

[Kenneth Loafman]

OK, its happened to a second user, ME.  The Samba password aged today 
and had to use smbpasswd to reset it.  I got to the shell through my 
normal SSH command, without warning, so its a problem with Samba, not 
the Linux servr, or the windows client.

In other words, 3 accounts, Linux, Windows and Samba.  The Linux and 
Windows accounts do not age.  The Samba account does and should not.

Its got to be something undocumented the that new experimental .tdb 
database they are flogging now.  Just wish I could go back to the old 
flat text file that could actually be read and diagnosed.  Other than 
string dumps, there's no way to access the new database to audit which 
users are actually there.  Seems to be a security hazard as well.

...Ken


Cameron, Thomas wrote:

> Are you sure it's not an issue on the Windows box itself?  I've never heard of Linux aging magically turning on for one user, but I have definitely heard of a user screwing around with their account settings on their desktop PC.  Check the settings for the user account on the 'Doze machine.
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