Samba bad lockout attempt Password Policy Implemented at Curiocrafts

Take Backup of smb.conf

cp -pvr /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf_20thsept

To list details of the account

pdbedit -v username

To check Password Policy 'bad lockout attempt'

pdbedit -P "bad lockout attempt"

output:- account policy value for bad lockout attempt is 0

set policy to maximum 3 attempts

pdbedit -P "bad lockout attempt" -C 3

output:- account policy value for bad lockout attempt was 0 account policy value for bad lockout attempt is now 3

To check account lockup duration

pdbedit -P "lockout duration"

output:- account policy "lockout duration" description: Lockout duration in minutes (default: 30, -1 => forever) account policy "lockout duration" value is: 30

To change account lockup duration

pdbedit -P "lockout duration" -C 45

Output:- account policy "lockout duration" description: Lockout duration in minutes (default: 30, -1 => forever) account policy "lockout duration" value was: 30 account policy "lockout duration" value is now: 45

To unlock a locked account

pdbedit -r -c "[]" username