samba - Jul 2003 - authenticate from /etc/passwd

Hi All,

I want my samba to authenticate users from UNIX /etc/passwd instead of 
smbpasswd file when they access the samba shares from win2k. What parameter 
should I define to make it happen.

Sincerely,

Sohail

You'll need to set "encrypt passwords" option to "no" in
the smb.conf file
and hack your win2k client to send passwords in plain text (Local Security
Settings/Local Policies/Security Options/Send unencrypted password ...).
I'm not sure if this is wat you want. You can keep /etc/passwd en smbpasswd
in sync using the "unix password sync = yes" option.
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>From: "samba" <samba@etilizepak.com>
>To: samba@lists.samba.org
>Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 14:06:12 +0500
>Subject: [Samba] authenticate from /etc/passwd
>
>
>Hi All,
I want my samba to authenticate users from UNIX /etc/passwd instead of 
smbpasswd file when they access the samba shares from win2k. What parameter

should I define to make it happen.

Sincerely,

Sohail
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> I want my samba to authenticate users from UNIX /etc/passwd instead of
> smbpasswd file when they access the samba shares from win2k. What parameter
> should I define to make it happen.
This will not work due to the fact that windows and unix (/etc/passwd) store 
passwords in different ways ... that is the reason why smbpasswd exists.

Thilo