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...re: > > PS: and domain members? How they enforce passwords policies? Directly > > on AD DC, i suppose... but i'll ask. ;-) > They don't ask the DC for the choice of local user passwords as far as > I'm aware. There is an API to check if a password is OK (SAMR > ValidatePassword), but I've not seen it called for that, but I've also > not really been looking. No, i was not clear. I don't mean ''password quality'', but ''password age''. In NT/LDAP/smbldap-tools mode, i used to populate shadow account LDAP data, ''copy...

Mandi! Rowland Penny via samba In chel di` si favelave... > The password settings are related to the DC and by default you cannot > set or change a password if it isn't complex enough Ok. >, you do not need to use an external script. Ahem, someone out there need it. ;-) This mean that, if i keep a 'check password script', i could also hit some trubles on, eg,

...t; Right? Thanks. > > > PS: and domain members? How they enforce passwords policies? Directly > on AD DC, i suppose... but i'll ask. ;-) They don't ask the DC for the choice of local user passwords as far as I'm aware. There is an API to check if a password is OK (SAMR ValidatePassword), but I've not seen it called for that, but I've also not really been looking. Thanks for asking for clarification, I hope this puts you at ease. Andrew Bartlett -- Andrew Bartlett http://samba.org/~abartlet/ Authentication Developer, Samba Team http://samba.org S...

...domain members? How they enforce passwords policies? > > > Directly on AD DC, i suppose... but i'll ask. ;-) > > > They don't ask the DC for the choice of local user passwords as far > > as I'm aware. There is an API to check if a password is OK (SAMR > > ValidatePassword), but I've not seen it called for that, but I've > > also not really been looking. > > No, i was not clear. I don't mean ''password quality'', but ''password > age''. > > In NT/LDAP/smbldap-tools mode, i used to populate shadow acc...