samba - Aug 2004 - how to use /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow for samba passwords?

How can i configure samba to use /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow for the samba
passwords?
I dont want to use smbpasswd for samba and would like it to just get its
passwords from unix OS.

Im running solaris8 and samba 3.

thanks!


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I don't think you can.  I think the only way you can get rid of smbpasswd
would be using ldap, pam_ldap and nss_ldap.  I think...
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> How can i configure samba to use /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow for the samba
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> I dont want to use smbpasswd for samba and would like it to just get its
> passwords from unix OS.
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> Im running solaris8 and samba 3.
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> thanks!
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You probably don't want to as it would involve updating the clients to this
Samba server to send passwords over in plain text. Samba / Linux / Unix do not
have password encryption which matches MS
password encryption thus the Linux/Unix password goes in /etc/shaddow and the
Samba one goes in smbpasswd, LDAP, etc...

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Michael Lueck
Lueck Data Systems

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>How can i configure samba to use /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow for the samba
>passwords?
>I dont want to use smbpasswd for samba and would like it to just get its
>passwords from unix OS.
>
>Im running solaris8 and samba 3.
>
>thanks!
Add
	encrypt passwords = no
to smb.conf.

If you have Windows clients, you may have to add a registry key
(EnablePlainTextPasswords=1 under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\VNETSUP or
something similar). This ensures that the Windows clients don't encrypt
the passwords before transfering them.

Regards,
Sigmund