samba - Dec 2005 - OpenLDAP and Samba - password expiration.

Hi all,

I have a Samba PDC with an LDAP backend.  Yesterday, I tried to add a new 
machine to the network and received the following message:

The following error occurred attempting to join the domain:

The password of this user has expired

Not a problem I thought, and then ran 

smbldap-usermod -e "2010-12-30 00:00:00" root

to extend the password date.  If I now try to connect a machine with the root 
account I receive an error "user doesn't exist".  If I go to a
machine that's
already connected to the network and log in as root it lets me in and I can 
see root's home directory and access the shares.

I have the ldif file backed up so I can restore myself back to the initial 
state whenever I like. Any suggetions would be  gratefully received regarding 
how I can get around this one.

Thanks in advance,

Jools

Julian Pilfold-Bagwell wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a Samba PDC with an LDAP backend.  Yesterday, I tried to add a new 
> machine to the network and received the following message:
> 
> The following error occurred attempting to join the domain:
> 
> The password of this user has expired
> 
> Not a problem I thought, and then ran 
> 
> smbldap-usermod -e "2010-12-30 00:00:00" root
> 
> to extend the password date.  If I now try to connect a machine with the
root
> account I receive an error "user doesn't exist".  If I go to
a machine that's
> already connected to the network and log in as root it lets me in and I can
> see root's home directory and access the shares.
> 
> I have the ldif file backed up so I can restore myself back to the initial 
> state whenever I like. Any suggetions would be  gratefully received
regarding
> how I can get around this one.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Jools
Well...I have found that you must reset the password before you do the 
previous command.  Of course I have not got the previous command to 
actually work.  My passwords are still expiring every 30 days and I have 
to reset them all again.

I am reading back through the archives to see if I can actually find an 
answer to stop the passwords from expiring.  If anyone knows this right 
off hand, I would like to know what it is.

Thanks.
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