-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 william villanueva wrote:
> I'm familiar with NT which allows one to set the length of time a > password is allowed for a user and then they are are forced to change > it, even prompt them like a week before it expires. I'm migrating my > users from the NT to the linux server and have setup access and sharing > but I couldn't find a command in samba that will set an expiration > period for the passwords. I believe the only way to do this would be to make samba do authentication via an ldap. The smb.conf option "encrypt passwords = yes" doesn't support password expiration. Check this for details: http://us3.samba.org/samba/ftp/docs/htmldocs/Samba-LDAP-HOWTO.html - -- ======================================================================= Gideon N. Guillen E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Public Keys: DSS/Diffie-Hellman mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=get%200xC0976975 RSA Key: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=get%200x76C298B1 ======================================================================= -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+QR3FZac9ycCXaXURAo/zAKDBr8Vo0y6Y5HaXs8xf4yUONw0o9gCg15h0 aGazT0V86+TmL0uvJbSgC0U= =E2on -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
