----- Original Message ----- From: "John H Terpstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <samba@lists.samba.org> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [Samba] Sarbanes-Oxley headaches
> On Monday 16 May 2005 07:50, Stuart Highlander wrote: > > > I gather that OP would be better served by using a tdb or ldap backend. > > > > i am not the original poster, but did ask the question regarding account > > lockout and reset using the smbpasswd backend. > > > > i agree that moving to ldap or tdb would better suit my needs but i do not > > have the test environment nor the time to move and adequately test my > > production environment to one or the other right now. > > > > since i am using the smbpasswd for the foreseeable future, are the account > > lockout and reset features applicable to using the smbpasswd backend? if > > not, it is ok. my guess is that they are not, but cannot find > > documentation to verify this. > > > > as for sox, i found a free program that enables window$ boxes to log event > > logs to a remote syslog server, found here: > > > > http://www.netadmintools.com/art284.html > > The advanced Windows account facilities are available only with the tdbsam or > ldapsam backends. It is very easy to migrate to tdbsam. Here are the steps: > > 1. Edit smb.conf to include this line: > passdb backend = tdbsam > 2. Migrate your smbpasswd file to tdbsam: > pdbedit -i smbpasswd -e tdbsam > > Done. > thank you for the information on converting to tdbsam. where in the docs would it discuss changing passwords? stu -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
