[Samba] samba authentication

[Daniel Provin]

okay

so, I just need to activate the pam_smbpass module to keep de smbpass with
the last password

but is there any way to build an initial list of passwords from
unix passwords?

Daniel Provin
Linux User #191271
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On 22 Feb 2003, Bradley W. Langhorst wrote:

> On Sat, 2003-02-22 at 15:23, Daniel Provin wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I've read a lot about setting up samba as a password server, and
> > authenticating unix users against a samba server, but is there
> > any way to authenticate samba users (like on logon) against
> > the unix users and passwords (th users on the passwd and on the
> > shadow files)?
> yes you can do it with unencrypted passwords
> i don't recommend this...
>
> in practice it is not a problem to keep the unix and samba passwords in
> sync
> (pam_smbpass for unix password changes) and
> the samba built in unix updaters for changes from windows.
>
> brad
> --
> Bradley W. Langhorst <brad at langhorst.com>
>