[ANNOUNCE] YP & SMB Password Sync Package

[Adam Williams]

Announcement of  yp-smb-passwd 0.2:
(yp-smb-passwd-0.2.tgz)

The file above contain mods of the yppasswd/yppasswdd programs to Linux by Olaf
Kirch in 1996.  These replace the NIS password change client (yppasswd) and
server (yppasswdd).  The program should be able to be found in the Samba
contrib directory as yp-smb-passwd-0.2.tgz  The yppasswd client authenticates
the user by prompting for the current password (as normal) but then send the
clear text password to the yppasswdd which updates /etc/passwd, rebuild the NIS
maps, and then calls /usr/local/samba/bin/smbpasswd to update the local
smbpasswd file which contains the encrypted NT passwords.

The makefile contains sections for AIX 4.2, Redhat 4.2, and Redhat 5.0 (glibc).
 But it may work on other platforms as well.  If you get it to work let me
know:  awilliam at whitemice.org

TO DO List:

	Do all encryption on the client side.