samba - Dec 2006 - winbind passwords expiring

With samba-3.0.23d and an NT4 PDC, passwords expire for no obvious reason when 
using winbind for system services such as ssh(sftp). The users have no 
problem when accessing the Samba shares or logging onto the domain locally, 
but periodically windbind will expire their passwords when attempting to use 
such 'nix services.

Any clues?

Thanks,

Chris

AFAIK, winbind doesn't do any storage of usernames/passwords, it only 
caches them for a short period, before querying the NT4 PDC at next 
client authentication.  How is your Unix service talking to winbind, via 
PAM?
--
Michael Coburn
Enterprise Systems Administrator

Chris Smith wrote:
> With samba-3.0.23d and an NT4 PDC, passwords expire for no obvious reason
when
> using winbind for system services such as ssh(sftp). The users have no 
> problem when accessing the Samba shares or logging onto the domain locally,
> but periodically windbind will expire their passwords when attempting to
use
> such 'nix services.
>
> Any clues?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
>

On Thursday 21 December 2006 18:37, Michael Coburn
wrote:
> How is your Unix service talking to winbind, via
> PAM?
Yes.