Harry Jede wrote: > On Donnerstag, 1. Oktober 2009 wrote [email protected]: >> Harry Jede wrote: >> >> I was looking at the machines info and >> >> I checked on about 5 of them. For some reason it is showing that >> >> the sambaPwdLastSet has changed in the last couple of days. Is >> >> this supposed to ever change for machines if you do not remove >> >> them from a domain and then add them back in? I would think it >> >> would always stay the same. >> > >> > No, Windows machines will change their password on a regulare time >> > interval. I do not remember the exact days. >> > >> > You must allow them to change the password field an one other. >> > Search this list or look into the good samba documentation :-) >> >> That is strange then. I have software on my XP clients that will not >> let anything get changed. If there are changes made then once you >> reboot the computer, it will be back to the way it was when you >> started. If the client is recording this change also then it would >> not be saved on a reboot. >> >> I would think that was the problem, but I have had this software >> running for a few years now and I have not had this problem before.
> You may apply a registry patch, so that the client will NOT change the > machine password :-) , before you lock the client image. > Yes, that is what another pointed out to me. I actually thought that I had that patch applied (and did on all my other machines), but when I started imaging this summer, I must have grabbed one of my old images that did not have the patch. I should have caught that, but did not. I am just thankful that someone pointed that out. In case anyone sees this thread and is having an issue like this, here is the registry entry. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netlogon\Parameters add this new entry : DisablePasswordChange type boolean true Thanks for the replies. -- Scott Mayo - System Administrator Bloomfield Schools PH: 573-568-5669 FA: 573-568-4565 Question: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Answer: Why is putting a reply at the top of the message frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
