[Samba] How workstation get authenticated in DC

John Drescher drescherjm at gmail.com
Mon Jan 12 04:03:57 GMT 2009


On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Jacky Wu/UFL - ICIL
<jackyyjwu at icil.net> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I found that the "add machine script" in samba configuration file is used to create a computer account in samba database, but I still do not know where PC store the authentication password, and the process of authentication for a PC in samba.
>
> Any hints/explanations are highly appreciated!
>

It's in the LDAP just like a user password you have a computer
password. Install any ldap management software and you can easily view
this.

John


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