[Samba] Unix Password Sync -- Are Passwords Encryped?

[Jeremy Allison]

On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 11:12:04AM -0700, Charles McLaughlin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> For Unix Password Sync, I am curios how Samba can provide the passwd 
> program with an unencrypted password.
> 
> If a Windows user presses Control+Alt+Delete and changes their password, 
> are the passwords sent over the network in plain text?  Does Samba 
> decrypt the password, then provide it to the passwd program?

Yes. The new plaintext password is encrypted with the hash of the
old password.

Jeremy.