[Samba] authentication against /etc/passwd?

[Michael Gasch]

 > AFAIK, SAMBA can't authenticate against local /etc/passwd, since SAMBA
this topic has been discussed  fairly often on this list.
according to the threads (i didn't ever try it) volker is right

greez

Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote:
>> Security = share to allow samba to authenticate against the local passwd
>> files correct?
> 
> 
> AFAIK, SAMBA can't authenticate against local /etc/passwd, since SAMBA
> needs the LM or NTLM hashes of the password which, of course, are not
> stored in /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow. Usually, UNIX passwords are
> hashed with MD5, or encrypted with Blowfish, then stored into
> /etc/shadow, but no LM or NTLM hashes are calculated and stored in
> that file
> 
> You must use a backend that supports storing LM and NTLM hashes, such
> as ldapsam or tdb.