NIS Authentication & Samba v2.x

[Gerald Carter]

Shaun McCullagh SYS wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Is there any way of configuring samba v2 to authenticate 
> user passwords with NIS instead of using the smbpasswd 
> file?

Version 2.0 will run in the same way as previous versions
and accept plain text passwords from clients.  However,
for security = domain and PDC functionality, you must 
use encrypted passwords.

Hope that answers your questions.




j-
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