Has smbpasswd -a -m changed??

Gerald Carter cartegw at Eng.Auburn.EDU
Tue Jul 28 14:17:26 GMT 1998


Celso Kopp Webber wrote:
> 
>     If I add machine$ to /etc/passwd I can do
> "smbpasswd -am machine". Then I can remove
> machine$ from /etc/passwd.

This is correct.  It was implmented to give us away to ensure that NT
workstation accounts had a unique ID.




j- 
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