[Samba] Samba and NIS

[Uwe Laverenz]

Benilton de Sa Carvalho schrieb:

> Is it possible a samba server authenticate users by NIS? For example, can
> a NIS client be a Samba Server and use the NIS system to authenticate the

You can use NIS with plaintext passwords (unencrypted) only. If you use 
encrypted passwords, you have to use a second database for the 
Samba-passwords. If you want everything from one source: LDAP.

cu,
Uwe