[Samba] authenticate from /etc/passwd

[Steve Waltner]

For easy reference, the registry changes are as follows. Just put the  
listed information into the filenames listed and open the file on each  
client system allowing RegEdit to make the registry changes. You will  
need to reboot to pickup the changes. After doing this, you will be  
able to authenticate from the UNIX password information. The Windows  
system will always prompt for the password for the share even if your  
password matches because the password is being sent in cleartext across  
the wire.

windows95.reg
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REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\VNETSUP]

"EnablePlainTextPassword"=dword:00000001
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windowsnt.reg
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REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Rdr\Parameters]

"EnablePlainTextPassword"=dword:00000001
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windows2k.reg (also XP and 2003)
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REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstation\ 
parameters]

"EnablePlainTextPassword"=dword:00000001
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Steve

On Thursday, July 17, 2003, at 05:32 AM, kenneth.westelinck at tiscali.be  
wrote:
> You'll need to set "encrypt passwords" option to "no" in the smb.conf  
> file
> and hack your win2k client to send passwords in plain text (Local  
> Security
> Settings/Local Policies/Security Options/Send unencrypted password  
> ...).
> I'm not sure if this is wat you want. You can keep /etc/passwd en  
> smbpasswd
> in sync using the "unix password sync = yes" option.
>
>> -- Origineel Bericht --
>> From: "samba" <samba at etilizepak.com>
>> To: samba at lists.samba.org
>> Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 14:06:12 +0500
>> Subject: [Samba] authenticate from /etc/passwd
>>
>>
>> Hi All,
>
> I want my samba to authenticate users from UNIX /etc/passwd instead of
> smbpasswd file when they access the samba shares from win2k. What  
> parameter
>
> should I define to make it happen.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Sohail