[Samba] Samba encrypt passwd

Neil Muller neil at neologix.net
Tue May 21 17:38:02 GMT 2002


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>   
>    cat /etc/passwd | mksmbpasswd.sh > smbpasswd
    
    This creates an smbpasswd file with blank passwords for each user. You also
need to do:

     smbpasswd <username> 

    for each user to create the actual password used by samba. Finally make sure
the smbpasswd file is in the location where samba is looking for it, check your
smb.conf.

Neil


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