[Samba] UNIX passwords

[John H Terpstra]

On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Erik Soderquist wrote:

> I have a rather unique setup. I would like to simply use the existing
> UNIX /etc/passwd file for my authentication without having an smbpasswd
> file existing. does anyone know how to do this?

Sure! In you smb.conf file [globals] set "encrypted passwords = No".

Done.

Now, what are you hoping to do with this setting? Depending on what you
want to achieve this may not work. YMMV!

- John T.
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John H Terpstra
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