samba - Dec 1998 - Shadow passwords

Dear samba-list!

I just upgraded our linux-file server from the last samba version
(1.19.-something??) to the 2.0beta3 since the speed-up effect seemed
worth a try. I did this over the weekend to keep our network functional
workdays...

But now I've seen that only me can write and read properly from the
different shares. The other users (I set up user level security as
before) have some strange problems like out of the program "homesite
(win95)" another user can only save the file after the third try.

The first try gives an ERROR: unable to save file...

The second try gives an FILE NOT FOUND - error

and then the third try will actually save the file...

So when all other users log into the network using my own name and
password, everything seems to work fine.

Now I think perhaps this is a shadow password problem, since I use
shadow passwords. Unfortunately I can't find anywhere in the
documentation, where I can set up the Makefile or configuration for
shadow password support.

Perhaps someone here can help me?!

Best regards and thanks in advance,
Roman.

Hi:

I'm getting an ulcer trying to find docs on Linux shadow passwords with the
Samba encrypt password option. I've searched high and low on this site,
Redhat's and around the net and the docs that I've found end with
"Samba may
be compiled without support for shadow passwords", as an answer to a
troubleshooting test! Why couldn't that doc explain how to determine whether
or not Samba has been compiled with support?

I had to deduce that smbpasspw.sh should be pointed at /etc/shadow instead
of /etc/passwd because passwd was empty. It produced a smbpasswd file with
the required 32 character pairs. I am able to change passwords with
smbpasswd, but            $ smbclient  /pogo/public -U user1%secret (I use
the real names at home) and other tests returns the error, "bad
password...".  Pings ok, shares display ok but no access.

RH 7.2 Samba 2.2.1a Win98se

I've run Samba with plaintext before but I want to do it right this time.
It's not like I'm new to Linux. My first distro was Slackware96. I'm
getting
desperate though and may have to install the evil reincarnation of VMESS.

Erick Carwood