How to sync /etc/smbpasswd with /etc/passwd ?

Christian Barth barth at cck.uni-kl.de
Tue Dec 8 10:15:21 GMT 1998


> I just want a /etc/smbpasswd generated from my /etc/passwd with the correct=
> =20
> passwords as used for the UniX login...
> Is that possible ?
No!

It is not possible to confert the encrypted /etc/passwd passwords to 
encrypted /etc/smbpasswd passwords without knowing the clear text 
password.

Christian





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