Keeping smbpasswd and passwd in sync...

[Andrew Bartlett]

Eric Knudstrup wrote:
> 
> I am running 2.2, and I have a question about this.
> My server is acting as the PDC, and I want to be able to keep it in sync
> with passwd (well, kerberos), and I am not particularly interested in using
> this NT authentication for my Unix systems as well.  I may just be acting
> like yet another Linux religious fanatic, but Linux is 4:1 NT on this
> network.
> Anyhow, how do I change the smbpasswd file using PAM when the Unix passwords
> are changed?
> I have looked around enough to become terminally confused by my options.
> Which one does what I want?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Eric

pam_smbpass: ftp://ftp.netexpress.net/pub/pam/

This pam module does exactly that.  I use it for exactly this kind of
reason, and for the fact that it uses PAM, therfore uses cracklib.

Andrew Bartlett

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