Must a Samba PDC use encrypted passwords?

[Gerald W. Carter]

On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, CAE Samba Admin wrote:

> 
> > a new option has been added: "update encrypted".  run with this for a
> > week; then move over to "encrypt passwords".
> 
> 	Just to clarify this in my mind...  If I have "update encrypted" I
> have to have "encrypt passwords" off, which effectively breaks PDC
> functionality, right?
> 

Yup.  Just a thought.  Has anyone tried using this with "password server"
option as a way to get accounts froman NT PDC as a migration strategy?




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