Not sure if Samba in of itself is sufficient to pull this off. However, there are other commercial products such as Centeris' Likewise and Centrify's DirectControl that allow you manage Linux computers the same you manage Windows computers - all from a Windows MMC. Linux computers and users inherit the same password policies as Windows users. This means that Linux users will be notified when their password requires changing and will be given a chance to change at a login. Password complexity, length, age and history are enforced as dictated by the AD domain. Related Links <a href="http://www.centeris.com/">http://www.centeris.com/</a> <a href="http://www.centrify.com/">http://www.centrify.com/</a> <div> On 3/24/07, Rob Owens <<a href="mailto:rowens@ptd.net">rowens@ptd.net</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Can Linux users be given a warning when their Active Directory password is about to expire? (Like they get when they log in using Windows) -Rob _______________________________________________ K12OSN mailing list <a href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com">K12OSN@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</a> For more info see <<a href="http://www.k12os.org"> http://www.k12os.org</a>> </blockquote></div> -- Regards, Conrad Lawes PXE Guru