[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#425083: Password expire bug not fixed in samba 3.0.25a-1

[Ralph Passgang]

Hello,

I am sorry, but the bug I reported is not fixed in the latest upstream version 
3.0.25a.

I still have the same problem, that passwords are only valid for about 5 to 6 
minutes after setting them. This makes samba more or less useless in my 
setup.

pdbedit still shows something like this for all domain users:

Password last set:    Mon, 28 May 2007 02:10:58 CEST
Password can change:  Mon, 28 May 2007 02:10:58 CEST
Password must change: Mon, 28 May 2007 02:16:54 CEST

The "must change" date is always the "last set" date + 5-6 minutes, which 
makes the account only useable for a very short time.

If I downgrade to 3.0.24 again, then the password expire is always the "last 
set" date + about 30 years. Suprisingly I doesn't even need to set the 
password again after downgrading. The "must change" time changes just by 
switching the samba version and without that the user sets a new password. I 
guess something is wrong in samba's logic to calculate the password 
expiration date.

--Ralph