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From: Gareth Cummings on 15 Sep 2009 06:20
I had the same problem when I set a password policy using pdbedit and
tdbsam as the backend... turns out the policy would only apply to new
accounts and not existing ones. However if I got the existing users to
reset their passwords manually the account policy would kick in.

Radek wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
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> I'm using samba 3.0.24 and Debian 4.0. As a password backend I use
> smbpasswd.
>
> I set password policy: Length - 8 signs, Password history - 3, password
> complexity - script, maximum password age - 30 days
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> The "password length" and complexity works, but "password history" and
> "maximum password age" doesn't.
>
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> I tried do the same on test machine (samba 3.2.5) and it works fine (users
> and settings I took from my working Samba 3.0.24) .
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>
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> What can I do about that? What should I check? Any ideas?
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> Pdbedit shows correct settings but the "password must change time" is 19 jan
> 2038 04:14:07 CET
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> Thanks and regards
>
> Radek Bojek
>
>
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