[PATCH] Remove pam_smbpass module from Samba source code

[Simo]

On Sun, 2015-01-25 at 11:17 +0100, Volker Lendecke wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 06:18:25PM +1300, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> > Indeed.  In an ideal, theoretical sense, having both a unix and a Samba
> > password brings no advantages, and plenty of disadvantages.  I certainly
> > wish that we had, years ago, set a standard that if you used the Samba
> > password for local PAM logins, that we only used Samba passwords. 
> > 
> > Sadly, it is used in the default debian config of pam_smbpass (again,
> > this may not be ideal).
> 
> Even if debian has it enabled by default, what are the real requirements
> that debian has that can not be fulfilled with just smb passwords in
> the PAM stack?
> 
> I'd still vote to remove this and thus also remove the migrate feature. If
> the debian community comes up with a compelling case then we might
> reconsider to code something up that helps their specific needs.

This module is nothing short of awful on so many levels.

I think the Samba Team should drop it. If there are people really
depending on this feature they can pick it up and maintain a fork on
their own.

My guess is that the few that use it do so only because it is available
from the Samba Tam and would drop it otherwise.

Simo.