On 26 Mar 2005 at 7:59, Richard Smart wrote: Thanks to Jose for pointing me in the right direction :-)
Problem solved. I saved the original account_policy.tdb to another name and deleted the original file, reinstalled the 3.0.13 rpms and restarted Samba - problem solved. Thank you Richard Smart > On 25 Mar 2005 at 18:58, José M. Fandiño wrote: > > > Hello Richard, > > > > Richard Smart wrote: > > > I have just upgraded two sites to Samba 3.0.13 from 3.0.11. Both > > > sites are small and use smbpasswd as the password db backend. Since > > > the upgrade I am unable to change a users password (as root) using > > > smbpasswd. > > > > > > There are two reported errors > > > > > > account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 4 (maximum > > > password age (seconds since 1970)), returning 0 > > > account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 5 (minimum > > > password age (seconds since 1970)), returning 0 > > > > the ldap schema changed between samba 3.0.11 an d 3.0.12. > > > > I don't know as other admins fix this, updating the schema was not > > sufficient to me and that I did was recreate the account_policy.tdb > > file. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.1 - Release Date: 23/03/2005 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba