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Samba bad lockout attempt Password Policy

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