SME User Account lock / unlock by Console

SME Server Account lock / unlock by root Console

if you logged via ssh into the SME Server you can lock a user by:

$signal-event user-lock username

to check lock do:

db accounts show username

System shows:

username=user
    City=Home
    Company=MYFactory
    Dept=Office 
    EmailForward=local
    FirstName=username
    ForwardAddress=
    LastName=USERNAME
    MaxBlocks=11534336
    MaxBlocksSoftLim=10485760
    PasswordSet=no                          ## no = locked!!
    Phone=+49-XXX
    Shell=/usr/bin/rssh
    Street=Wallstreet 1
    Uid=5054

to set a low/short password do:

$passwd username [Press Enter]
Enter new UNIX password: typeyourpassword
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.

for SMB Login do:

$smbpasswd -a username [Press Enter]
New SMB password:typeyourpassword             #same like Unix Word!!

to save all changes to SME Databases do:

signal-event user-modify username

to check unlock do:

db accounts show username

should now show:

username=user
    City=Home
    Company=MYFactory
    Dept=Office 
    EmailForward=local
    FirstName=username
    ForwardAddress=
    LastName=USERNAME
    MaxBlocks=11534336
    MaxBlocksSoftLim=10485760
    PasswordSet=yes                          ## yes = unlocked !!
    Phone=+49-XXX
    Shell=/usr/bin/rssh
    Street=Wallstreet 1
    Uid=5054

Go on Testing the Logins with a Window Client!

or do on the SME Server root console:

$smbclient -L //smeserver-ip  -U username [PRESS ENTER]
Enter username's password: enterpassword

Server should show:

Domain=[HOME] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.6.6-0.129.el5]

        Sharename       Type      Comment
        ---------       ----      -------
        IPC$                IPC       IPC Service (SME-Server)
        wiki                   Disk      wiki
        Primary             Disk      Primary i-bay
        print$                 Disk      Printer drivers
        username           Disk      Home directory

Domain=[HOME] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.6.6-0.129.el5]

        Server               Comment
        ---------            -------
        Winclient
        SERVER1              SME-Server

        Workgroup            Master
        ---------            -------

Ready to work..