Hello, I triied this, but it didn't work. Basically I am triing to follow the "Administration of Windows 200x/XP Policies" to edit policy so that I can turn off password expiry, but when I follow the instructions it doen't work.
I would prefer a method of doing this under linux, as it is hard for me to find all the windows stuff. Gordon. * John H Terpstra ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, 19 Oct 2003, Gordon Heydon wrote: > > > hello, > > > > Thanks for this, but from what I can tell I need to change the domain's > > password policy for windows 2000 computers. In the how to it says I need > > to run the Active Directory Users and Computers so I can edit the group > > policy. > > To create a policy control file (NTConfig.POL) you need the NT4 Grop > Policy Editor. You can not do this using the Active Directory Tools. > > - John T. > > > > > Thanks > > > > * John H Terpstra ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > On Sat, 18 Oct 2003, Gordon Heydon wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > With the release of samba 3.0 I was vey excited with the new features > > > > and decided to experiment with it. > > > > > > > > I set my server up as a pdc which I am still working out some of the > > > > bugs but all and all I have it going and have a windows 2000 pro client > > > > join the domain and login and out very easy. > > > > > > > > The one problem is that before I roll this out to my other comptuers I > > > > need to change the policy on changing of passwords so that they will > > > > never expire. I read the how-to's and then once I had found the Active > > > > Users and Computers on windows 2000 pro I triied to follow the FAQ and > > > > connect to the Domain Server and it keeps coming up Cannot connect to > > > > pre-2000 Domain: ... > > > > > > Gordon, > > > > > > I checked the HOWTO and it seems we have yet some more work to do to make > > > it clearer. You can manage your users from a Windows domain member by > > > using only the SrvTools package. See page 75 of the HOWTO (page 70 of the > > > book, "The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide") for details on how > > > to obtain this toolset. > > > > > > Please bear in mind that Samba-3 can not be an ADS server, thus you can > > > not use the ADS management tool to manage it. > > > > > > - John T. > > > -- > > > John H Terpstra > > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > John H Terpstra > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Gordon Heydon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
