[Samba] Authentication issues with Samba 4.3.8

[Rowland Penny]

On Fri, 4 Aug 2017 18:23:23 +0530
"Chunduru, Krishnachaithanya via samba" <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Hi Rowland/All,
> 
> I want to sync the local /etc/passwd to smbpasswd database in Aix.
> Can someone please help with any tools or scripts available to
> proceed further. 
> 
> Setting up a domain level user for all the samba users is tough for
> us right now. 

What is tough about adding a few lines to smb.conf, then joining the
machine to the domain and all your users being available without
touching /etc/passwd ???

Rowland