[Samba] Re: Samba with NIS Authentication

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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Saurabh Jain wrote:

> I have a huge UNIX network. I want to deploy a Samba 
> server using NIS Authentication mechanism for the growing
> number of windows machines. What are the pros and cons of using
> NIS authentication with Samba?

Pros: you can use existing unfix passwords
Cons: (a) no modern windows client supports this without local
	client changes to the registry, (b) clients cannot
	automatically reconnect to shares since they only cache the
	password hash, (c) you can't run a Samba domain without
	'encrypt passwords = yes', (d) clear test passwords are do
	'90's :-)





cheers, jerry
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