[Samba] is it possible to convert linux shadow passwords to smbpasswd format?

[Volker Lendecke]

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:35:44PM +0300, Eero Volotinen wrote:
> Just wondering if it possible to fetch shadow file from other server and 
> easily convert it to smbpasswd format ? So that users can use same 
> password on samba that on mailserver? (without ldap or similar 
> configurations?)

No. You need to use the smbpasswd utility and set the
passwords new.

Once there, with the "unix password sync" option you can
keep both in sync.

Volker
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