> Hello,
> We are running HP-UX 10.20 trusted systems and Samba 1.9.18p2.
> Samba is not authenticating the user password from the /etc/passwd
> file because the passwords are not encrypted in this file.
>
> Does anyone have an idea on how to get around this issue? One
> option could be smbpasswd, but the SAs are not happy with this option.
>
Dear Joe,
How about trying the new Samba 2.04b? This version should
automagically detect at './configure' time that shadow passwords
should be used. I cannot confirm this really, as I'm using a domain
server for passwords and otherwise the smbpasswd.
Best regards,
Dirk De Wachter
Hydraulics Laboratory, University of Gent, Belgium