ive got several hundred user accounts in NIS that i need to get into the smbpasswd file. since samba doesn't actually use NIS, but can only be in sync with it, what is the best way to get all these passwords into smbpaswd? I'd hate to have to have all users re-enter their passwords... anyone done this before? thanks in advance, alex --- --- Alex Lazarevich | Systems | Imaging Technology Group alazarev@itg.uiuc.edu | (217)244-1565 | www.itg.uiuc.edu --- ---
> ive got several hundred user accounts in NIS that i need to get into the > smbpasswd file. since samba doesn't actually use NIS, but can only be in > sync with it, what is the best way to get all these passwords into > smbpaswd? I'd hate to have to have all users re-enter their passwords...to creae the smbpasswd file with all disabled accounts you can use a little skript shipped with the samba source. To get the encrypted passwords into smbpasswd you have to re-enter all user passwords! But samba can help you there: set "update encrypted = yes" in smb.conf and run your site with plaintext passwords for a wheile. look at man smb.conf about this parameter. Again: exept cracking the unix/nis passwords there is NO automatic way to generate the encrypted passwords form them! Christian> > anyone done this before? thanks in advance, > > alex > --- --- > Alex Lazarevich | Systems | Imaging Technology Group > alazarev@itg.uiuc.edu | (217)244-1565 | www.itg.uiuc.edu > --- --- > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba >_(_)_ wWWWw _ @@@@ (_)@(_) vVVVv _ @@@@ (___) _(_)_ @@()@@ wWWWw (_)\ (___) _(_)_ @@()@@ Y (_)@(_) @@@@ (___) `|/ Y (_)@(_) @@@@ \|/ (_)\ / Y \| \|/ /(_) \| |/ | \ | \ |/ | / \ | / \|/ |/ \| \|/ jgs|// \\|/// \\\|//\\\|/// \|/// \\\|// \\|// \\\|// ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^