[Samba] Can Samba integrate with NIS?

[Shekhar]

Encrypted passwds also work. Set up NIS  and passwd sync=yes with correct
chat script on PDC. That's it.

Shekhar
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Moran" <wmoran at potentialtech.com>
To: "Galella, Anthony" <anthony.galella at intel.com>
Cc: <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 7:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Samba] Can Samba integrate with NIS?


> Galella, Anthony wrote:
>
> >I have a FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE server running as an NIS slave and client.
> >The machine is also accessed through Samba from windows PCs
> >Is it possible to set samba to authenticate users with their NIS
> >username/password?
> >
>
> Only if you turn off encrypted passwords in Samba.
> I'm currently doing it this way with one client.  Works great.
>
> >
> >Do I still have to use smbpasswd?  Is there a way to automate, so NIS
users
> >will automatically have Samba access?
> >
>
> We're setting up scripts to use rsync to replicate smbpasswd to the
> multiple hosts,
> it's described briefly in the docs that ship with Samba.
>
> >
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Anthony J. Galella
> >anthony.galella at intel.com
> >
>
>
>
>
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