About SECRETS_MACHINE_ACCT_PASS and passwords in secrets

[Matthieu Patou]

Hello,

While digging into samba 3.x code I found this variable with the 
following comment
/* the first one is for the hashed password (NT4 style) the latter
    for plaintext (ADS)
*/
The second variable is SECRETS_MACHINE_PASSWORD.

My first question is: it seems that the variable  
SECRETS_MACHINE_ACCT_PASS is not used anymore why not removing it or at 
least as clear comment.

Second question is: are we storing password in clear in secrets.ldb ?
If so why ? can't we store the hashed version ?

Matthieu

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Matthieu Patou
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