Hello Group, I've been reading many posts but i still don't have the answer to how to force a password change or set a password lifetime.
I'm using w2k clients which connect to a samba PDC version 3.0.10 on a basic SunOS 5.8 system, no ldap or so. syncing the ux-passwords and the smb-passwords works perfect, but i can't get it working to force users to change passwords. The command that should do this is ; pdbedit -P "maximum password age" -C 5 I know this are seconds, but just for testing Running this command as root gives; root> pdbedit -P "maximum password age" -C 5 account policy value for maximum password age was 100 account policy value for maximum password age is now 5 root> It does change the policy; account policy value for maximum password age is 5 but nothing is changed when i give the pdbedit -v command. When i run a pdbedit after i logged in/out as a user on the w2k system, nothing has happened the output is exactly the same as it was before. root> pdbedit -v -u useraa Unix username: useraa NT username: Account Flags: [U ] User SID: S-1-5-21-4240529304-4054190640-1643903753-27306 Primary Group SID: S-1-5-21-4240529304-4054190640-1643903753-1021 Full Name: Home Directory: \\server\useraa HomeDir Drive: Logon Script: Profile Path: \\server\useraa\profile Domain: NETDOM Account desc: Workstations: Munged dial: Logon time: 0 Logoff time: Fri, 13 Dec 1901 21:45:51 MET Kickoff time: Fri, 13 Dec 1901 21:45:51 MET Password last set: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 17:21:36 MET Password can change: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 17:21:36 MET Password must change: Fri, 13 Dec 1901 21:45:51 MET Last bad password : 0 Bad password count : 0 Logon hours : FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF root> Selecting the option "change password at next logon" is usrmgr on the w2k machine doesn't do the trick either. Does anybody have a suggestion to get this running? Or is there another way to force users once in a while to change password? (maybe some command(s) i can put in cron) All help is welcome Thanks in advance Harold -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
