Does mksmbpasswd.sh have any real purpose?

[Stephen L Arnold]

On 5 Jun 99, Gerald Carter had this to say about Re: Does 
mksmbpasswd.sh have any real purpose?:  

> I wrote:
> > 
> > manually using (what else) smbpasswd.  Or you can set:
> > unix passwd sync = yes
> > and use the standard passwd command instead.  
> 
> Nope.  This only has relevance when issuing a password 
> change request from a Windows client.

Oops <grin> my mistake (again).  I was just pulling stuff (some of 
which I've never tried myself) off the top of my head (because I 
haven't finished running cable to the back room and I can't get to 
my server :(

Thanks again for paying attention.

> > Or you can run:
> > update encrypted = yes
> > encrypted = no
> > and let each user login normally.  Once each user's password has
> > been added to /etc/smbpasswd you switch to
> > update encrypted = no
> > encrypted = yes
> > and there you go.
> 
> This is correct.  
> 
> Seems like we have a long conversation today.  Hope you 
> don't mind.

Nope.  See above

Steve

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