smbpasswd file NFS sharable?

[Gerald Carter]

On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, 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?

This is a major security hole to do this because the hashes will be
transfered over NFS in the clear.  Very bad.


> Is there an alternative?  Can LDAP/PAM use encrypted passwords?

--with-ldapsam can do this (connect to the Directory from smbd over SSL)
or you can just use rsync/ssh to push the updated smbpasswd file to a new
server.











chau, jerry
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