NT PDC and Encryption

[Gerald W. Carter]

On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Alex Yu wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> My question is that if I want to use Samba as PDC and use the main
> /etc/passwd as a login and password file.  All NT and 98 machines must
> change from encryption password scheme to plain text password scheme.  
> Is it correct?
> 

For Samba to work as a PDC for NT clients, you **must** enable encrypted
passwords on the Samba server.  No way around it.




Cheers,
jerry
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                            Gerald ( Jerry ) Carter	
Engineering Network Services                           Auburn University 
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