samba - May 1998 - Encrypted passwords

Is there a tool, either for Perl or C, that will add/change the NT and
LM encrypted passwords in the smbpasswd file?  I know about the
smbpasswd command, but I can't use that function from a script.  I tried

#!/bin/perl
system("smbpasswd \< $oldpassword\n$newpassword\n$newpassword\n");


and some other things, but I couldn't get it to work.



TSD

I want to enable encrypted passwords with samba-2.0.3, RH5.2 and 
Win95.

Does the samba-2.0.3-19990228.src.rpm contain support for encrypted 
passwords already, or does the Makefile have to be modified? Hints 
on the necessary steps would be appreciated!

Thanks,

Carey

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Dear All,

I still have a delema, I need to enable encrypted passwords for the samba
server.  Ok... sounds easy enough.  Got it setup, and it works with a
Windows 98 machine; but, when I try from a NT workstation it comes back
saying something about credetials didn't match?

Please, can someone guide me to a step by step process....

PS: The NT workstation is using Service Pack 5 or 6...
    The 98 machine is using Second Edition with latest patches...

Thanks,
James Kosin

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