[Samba] Samba authentication via pam

[John H Terpstra]

On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Mike Klein wrote:

> My pam file for samba has pam_nologin for auth.
>
> I would like to remove as many password files as possible for services on my
> linux box and have them go thru pam and etc/shadow.
>
> Is it possible for samba to auth thru pam? and then I can eliminate
> smbpasswd file?

Your question implies way too many possibilities. I wrote a book that
answers your questions. Suggest you read it. It will be on the bookstore
shelves by October 24th. "The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide".

This is also available (minus a little content) as the
Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf that ships with samba-3.0.0RC4. Its in the
~samba/docs directory, and is also available from the Samba web pages
under docuemtents.

- John T.
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John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org