smbpasswd file NFS sharable?

[Gerald Carter]

On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Michael Heironimus wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 04:21:01PM -0500, Gary Algier wrote:
> > If I want to make two servers use the same encrypted passwords can I
> > share the smbpasswd file via NFS?  Will updates/locking work correctly?
> > Is there an alternative?  Can LDAP/PAM use encrypted passwords?

To the original poster....

Putting smbpasswd on an NFS share is a security hole for your network that
you can drive a truck though.  Just wanted to make this point.
LanMan/NT passwword hashes are clear text equivalents.








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