samba - Aug 1999 - NT4SP5 Encryption and mksmbpasswd

Hi all,

Reading through ENCRYPTION.txt it says to do the following:

cat /etc/passwd | mksmbpasswd.sh >/usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd

However, on my Samba-2.05a install (onto RH 6.0), /usr/local/samba doesn't
exist. Instead, all the files listed in ENCRYPTION.txt and WinNT.txt are in the
/usr/bin directory.

Amongst other things, this means I can't set the recommended security perms
on
the /usr/local/samba/private directory, and I suspect the script will fail.

Question: Should I create /usr/local/samba/ and various subdirectories, and
make symlinks to the old locations in /usr/bin? Or is there a neater way to do
this (e.g. recompile samba)?

Question: Does the use of shadow passwords change the above procedure?

Thanks for your help!
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*	Adam Getchell
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"Invincibility is in oneself, vulnerability in the opponent." -- Sun
Tzu

> Reading through ENCRYPTION.txt it says to do the following:
> cat /etc/passwd | mksmbpasswd.sh >/usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd
cat /etc/passwd | mksmbpasswd.sh > /etc/smbpasswd
> exist. Instead, all the files listed in ENCRYPTION.txt and
> /usr/bin directory.
It doesn't really matter where binaries are stored.  The default smb
configuration file is /etc/smb.conf in RH package.  You can custom where
smbpasswd is stored in /etc/smb.conf.  The default smbpasswd location is
/etc/smbpasswd in RH package.  These are very common knowledge.  I prefer
you to get a Linux /or Unix book, and study how the structure works.
> Question: Should I create /usr/local/samba/ and various
> make symlinks to the old locations in /usr/bin? Or is there a
No and you don't have to recompile samba.

ayu