[Fwd: Re: NIS+ support in samba....]

[Jeff Pajor]

Thanks for the replies.... I am stuck on the second step of your                                                              
list... I do not have a smbpasswd file, so I am not sure how I can create                                                           
on... also, when I run smbpasswd (the executable) as root, I get the                                                                
following:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
# ./smbpasswd
New SMB password:                                                                                                                   
Retype new SMB
password:                                                                                                            Failed
to find entry for user root.                                                                                                 
Failed to change password entry for root                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Any help you can provide to me would be very apprciated....                                                                         
                                                                                                                                    
thank you                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Jeff
pajor at descent.net                               


On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Gerald Carter wrote:

> Just in case.
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: NIS+ support in samba....
> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 01:49:10 +1100
> From: monyo at home.monyo.com
> To: Multiple recipients of list SAMBA <samba at samba.org>
> References: <38B3E7D3.2705D4AD at eng.auburn.edu>
> 
> 
> Jeff Pajor wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I know this has probably been spoke about before, 
> > but I'm looking for some documentation or other 
> > info on setting up NIS+ with samba....
> 
> I had once set NIS+ with Samba. This is a quick how-to...
> 
> (1) generate NIS+ table
> 
>  # source/script/mknissmbpwdtbl.sh
>  
> (2) convert existing smbpasswd to NIS+ table
> 
>  # cat smbpasswd | source/script/mknissmbpasswd.sh
> 
> (3) add proper permissions to smbpasswd.org_dir and smb.groups_dir
> 
> (4) modify smb.conf
>   For example
> 
>   smb passwd file = smbpasswd.org_dir
>   encrypt passwords = yes
> 
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> Motonobu TAKAHASHI                      mailto:monyo at samba.gr.jp
> Samba Users Group Japan                 http://www.samba.gr.jp/
> 
>