Generatig Encrypted smbpasswd file
Herb Lewis
herb at chomps.engr.sgi.com
Tue May 4 16:06:58 GMT 1999
Sam Mbir-Bondzie wrote:
> I would therefore be glad if anyone out there could help me with an
> easier way of generating the encrypted smbpasswd from either the
> /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow password file without the 32X's but the
> actual
> encrypted smbpasswd file.
>
As already mentioned, there is no way to do this. You might want to
look at the "update encrypted" parameter. This allows you to start
with plaintext passwords. As each user logs in, the smbpasswd file
is updated. After a period of time (to give each user time to log in
at least once) you then enable encrypted passwords.
This is a somewhat "painless" way except that you start by using
plaintext passwords.
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