"Reid, Rowan (GSP)" wrote:>
> changed the source ??/
> assuming you mean source password file. well yes
No, I mean the source of samba itself.
> unless you have found a way to build a full passwd
> file. if you have a large user base
> it could be bad since you would have to type
> in all those users. it shouldn't be too hard to build a script that
> will create a temproary file, then have them change it when they first
> log on.
Maybe, that would be my second choice, for now I'll try to see
if I can do anything with the source.
> Rowan [TSS]
> Gerber Scientific Products
> http://www.gspinc.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shahin Merat [mailto:merat@ams.ac.ir]
> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 12:00 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list SAMBA
> Subject: Re: Samba and /etc/shadow.
>
> Are you saying I should change the source? Hope not.
>
> "Reid, Rowan (GSP)" wrote:
> >
> > I have battled with this. I ended up building an smbpasswd from the
passwd
> > file then manuallly setting the paswords with smbpassword -u forget
teh
> > syntax.
> > if you find a way let me know
> >
> > Rowan [TSS]
> > Gerber Scientific Products
> > http://www.gspinc.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Shahin Merat [mailto:merat@ams.ac.ir]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 2:11 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list SAMBA
> > Subject: Samba and /etc/shadow.
> >
> > Dear mailing-list!
> >
> > I have Samba 2.0.6 on a Redhat 6.1 linux box.
> > How can I make samba use the /etc/shadow file
> > for authenticating users?
> >
> > Reading the archives I assumed there should be
> > a compile-time option I should set, but I found
> > no such option.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > --
> > Shahin Merat, Dept. of gastroenterology,
> > Shariati Hospital, N Kargar st., Tehran, Iran
> > merat@ams.ac.ir / merats@sums.ac.ir
>
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> Shahin Merat, Dept. of gastroenterology,
> Shariati Hospital, N Kargar st., Tehran, Iran
> merat@ams.ac.ir / merats@sums.ac.ir
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Shahin Merat, Dept. of gastroenterology,
Shariati Hospital, N Kargar st., Tehran, Iran
merat@ams.ac.ir / merats@sums.ac.ir