Samba passwds on Linux

[Jim McDonough]

Brad Wilson wrote:
>After someone changes their password from NT/W2K are the passwds on the
>linux encryped by NT or by the Samba/Linux?
If you have "encrypt passwords = yes", then they are encrypted before they
go across the wire.  If you have "encrypt passwords = no", they are sent
across in plain text.  Does that answer your question?

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Brad.Wilson at equant.com@lists.samba.org on 11/09/2001 09:02:18 AM

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After someone changes their password from NT/W2K are the passwds on the
linux encryped by NT or by the Samba/Linux?

BW