[Samba] "obey pam restrictions" and encrypted passwords

[Andrew Bartlett]

On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 07:52, Alceu Rodrigues de Freitas Jr. wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> I´m using Red Hat 7.3 with Samba setup as a PDC, and
> I´m having a doubt.
> 
> I am studying the directive "obey pam restrictions"
> because I would like to limit the number of logins
> with the same id. The documentation provided by SWAT
> tells me that encrypted passwords (like used by
> Windows98SE) will NOT follow these restrictions.
> 
> Anybody could tell me if this information is really
> valid? If yes, there is any other way for me to setup
> Samba PDC server to do not allow more than one login
> with the same ID?

Encrypted passwords will not obey any restrictions that are set for the
'auth' part of PAM.  I just can't work. (What would you send as the
password?)

However, it can obey restrictions set under account or session, and that
is what this option enables.

Andrew Bartlett

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