Samba 2.2 PDC and password file

Phillip E. Ganze ganze at eng.buffalo.edu
Tue Dec 12 14:52:18 GMT 2000


Thanks for all the replies.

Phil...

David Bannon wrote:

> At 05:04 PM 11/12/2000 -0500, Phillip E. Ganze wrote:
> >Is there a way to set Samba up as a PDC with using encrypted passwords?
> >This way I would not have a need for another password file.
>
> Hmm... Its the only way to set up a PDC really. If you mean 'can you set up
> the system so it uses the smbpasswd file for system authentication as well
> as samba authentication ?', the answer is yes, it works well.
>
> Please read the Domain Controller FAQ and HowTo on the 'documentation' page
> of your nearest samba mirror.
>
> david
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