[Samba] Authentication problems using swat.

[Andrew Bartlett]

On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 08:40:07AM +0800, Adrian Quek wrote:
> Have you created the smbpasswd for your root user?

SWAT does not use smbpasswd.  SWAT uses PAM on RedHat.

Andrew Bartlett

> lin-iung wrote:
> 
> > I'm having issues when connecting to a localhost with swat.  I'm using 
> > RedHat
> > 7.3 and I have the /etc/services file and the /etc/xinetd.d/swat file 
> > setup correctly.
> > At least I think I do, because I'm able to connect and have it prompt 
> > me for a
> > username and password. No matter how the swat file is configured, it 
> > refuses
> > access.
> >
> > Is this something to do with using encrypted passwords with samba, 
> > under linux,
> > or is it a Linux security issue?
> >
> > Thanks to all who reply....I appreciate it.
> >
> > --
> > Hail the forest daemons.
> >
> 
> 
> 
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