1 <samba:parameter xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
2 <term><anchor id="MACHINEPASSWORDTIMEOUT"/>machine password timeout (G)</term>
3 <listitem><para>If a Samba server is a member of a Windows
4 NT Domain (see the <link linkend="SECURITYEQUALSDOMAIN">security = domain</link>)
5 parameter) then periodically a running <ulink url="smbd.8.html">
6 smbd(8)</ulink> process will try and change the MACHINE ACCOUNT
7 PASSWORD stored in the TDB called <filename moreinfo="none">private/secrets.tdb
8 </filename>. This parameter specifies how often this password
9 will be changed, in seconds. The default is one week (expressed in
10 seconds), the same as a Windows NT Domain member server.</para>
12 <para>See also <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbpasswd</refentrytitle>
13 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, and the <link linkend="SECURITYEQUALSDOMAIN">
14 security = domain</link>) parameter.</para>
16 <para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">machine password timeout = 604800</command></para>