My pam file for samba has pam_nologin for auth. I would like to remove as many password files as possible for services on my linux box and have them go thru pam and etc/shadow. Is it possible for samba to auth thru pam? and then I can eliminate smbpasswd file?
Mike Klein ?rta:>My pam file for samba has pam_nologin for auth. > >I would like to remove as many password files as possible for services on my >linux box and have them go thru pam and etc/shadow. > >Is it possible for samba to auth thru pam? and then I can eliminate >smbpasswd file? > > > > >Yes it is possible, but everyone recomend against it, because it requires you to specify encrypt password = no in your smb.conf and various registry patches on your clients. The worst thing would be, that in that case every password would be sent in cear text over the wire. Best Regards! Geza Gemes
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Mike Klein wrote:> My pam file for samba has pam_nologin for auth. > > I would like to remove as many password files as possible for services on my > linux box and have them go thru pam and etc/shadow. > > Is it possible for samba to auth thru pam? and then I can eliminate > smbpasswd file?Your question implies way too many possibilities. I wrote a book that answers your questions. Suggest you read it. It will be on the bookstore shelves by October 24th. "The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide". This is also available (minus a little content) as the Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf that ships with samba-3.0.0RC4. Its in the ~samba/docs directory, and is also available from the Samba web pages under docuemtents. - John T. -- John H Terpstra Email: jht@samba.org