Authentication Questions

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

hi, gaurav,

SAMBA_TNG is only really relevant to people running with "encrypt
passwords = yes".

the pam support is only relevant to when "encrypt passwords = no", which
sounds like it's suitable for what you want and need.

regards,

luke

On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, G. Naik wrote:

> I currently have SAMBA_TNG, functioning as a PDC for a few of my NT
> workstations.  I am using smbd and nmbd from MAIN, and the rest of the
> daemons from SAMBA_TNG.  Currently, SAMBA is using standard /etc/passwd
> authentication for my users.  However, I would like to use alternative
> authentication schemes.  In our network , we currently use Kerberos5 for
> all unix authentication. 
> 
> I did some investigating...and I see the configure script for SAMBA_MAIN,
> allows you to add options such as --with-krb5 and --with-pam.  However,
> the SAMBA_TNG tree's configure script does that even have these options
> available.  Does or Will Samba support authenticating against kerberos5 or
> pam?  Also, where can I find some documentation on the ways Samba supports
> PAM.  
> 
> I do not need any "Account Management" features, such as being able to
> view my users of USRMGR.EXE.  
> 
> 
> Thanks in Advance...
> 
> btw...SAMBA_TNG is working great for me...keep up the good work :)
> 
> 
> ---
> Gaurav Naik ("g")       | C A R R O L L - N E T, Inc.
> 201-488-1332            | www.carroll.com 
> 

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