[Samba] password ynchronisation

[Simon Oliver]

A few questions on the "ldap passwd sync" directive:

http://www.unav.es/cti/ldap-smb/smb-ldap-3-howto.html#passwd_sync

ldap passwd sync = yes|no|only

"This option is used to define whether or not Samba should sync the LDAP
password with the NT and LM hashes for normal accounts..."

(a) yes - Try to update the LDAP, NT and LM passwords and update the
pwdLastSet time,
(b) no - Do it like before, only update NT and LM passwords and update the
pwdLastSet time,
(c) only - Only update the LDAP password and let the LDAP server doing the
rest.

Now, assuming my samba box is a PDC (to mixed 98, NT, 2K, XP) running in
LDAP mode and I'm using pam_ldap or pam_krb5 for unix authentication...

1. How does option (c) work - what is the effective difference between (c)
and (a) - how does the LDAP server do the rest - what is "the rest"?

2. If LDAP is using KERBEROS authentication will the kerberos password get
updated when the user changes her SAMBA password.

3. What if a unix user changes their password via passwd on the console -
will both the SAMBA and KERBEROS passwords get updates?

Thanks

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  Simon Oliver