Ljunghammar, Darryl K
2005-Sep-08 14:06 UTC
[Samba] Changing complex passwords on a Windows Box
Hi, I would like to be able to have a user change their password on their windows box using the "ctrl-alt-del"/"change password" sequence and require them to conform to the requirements of a complex password from the Unix side. On the Unix side I am able to setup PAM with the rules to require strong passwords which are enforced by the "passwd" command but "smbpasswd" does not enforce them. This, also, does not affect the Windows client. The complex passwords available on the native windows side are not adequate for my environment. I am running RedHat AS 3.0u3 (samba-3.0.6-2.3E) and using LDAP as the backend database. I use pam_passwdqc.so and I have also tried pam_cracklib.so in /etc/pam.d/system-auth. Has anyone setup Samba to be able to enforce complex password rules defined in Unix on Windows clients? Thanks, Darryl