Authentication question

[Christian Barth]

As long as you are not using encrypted passwords: No problem at all: 
POP, IMAP and samba are all autenticating to the same ordenary unix 
files, NIS, NIS+ what ever.

With encrypred passwords things get a litle bit more tricky, but once 
set up probably: no problem at all. Just get the first encrypted 
password (migartion problem) and keep them in sync (setup problem, 
which is solvable).

Christian


> if you are using PAM centralized autentication this is posible.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Wayne Dozier" <wdozierlist at gborocollege.edu>
> To: <samba at samba.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 1:30 PM
> Subject: Authentication question
> 
> 
> > Is it possible to set samba up to pull its authentication
> > information from a POP or IMAP server.  I want to set up
> > samba and have our students logon using the email username
> > and password.  I was able to do this with EZPROXY and was
> > wondering if it was possible through samba as well.  Any
> > help would be greatly appreciated.
> > 
> > Wayne Dozier
> > Greensboro College
> > Network Administrator
> > 
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