[PATCH] Remove pam_smbpass module from Samba source code

Andreas Schneider asn at samba.org
Fri Oct 2 08:41:00 UTC 2015


On Thursday 01 October 2015 21:41:53 Jelmer Vernooij wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 08:37:39PM +0100, Andreas Schneider wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > as the pam_smbpass module is unmaintained and bit rots. As Volker also
> > suggested, we remove it completely from the Samba source code.
> > 
> > 
> > The same can be achieved using pam_winbind.
> > 
> > 
> > If there is a reason why this can't be removed, please speak up!
> 
> Are there still plans to remove pam-smbpass? The source code has a warning
> saying it will be removed in Samba 4.3. However, the source for 4.3 still
> has pam-sm bpass in it.
> 
> Jelmer


We did not announce it in the WHATSNEW.txt in Samba 4.3 afair ...

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