samba - Mar 2002 - Are passwords encrypted when pam_winbind.so is used for authenti cation

Hello,
Are passwords encrypted when I use winbind in conjuction with modifying the
/etc/pam.d/login / kde / gdm / ssh configuration scripts?

I can log into KDE or into a separate tty session on my Linux box with a
Win2000 domain member with winbind...Winbind is working excellently.
However, I am wondering if this is clear text or encrypted. It should be
encrypted to work with Win 2000 but a How To document that I read seem to
say that Samba ignores Pam when encrypt passwords = yes. 

I have "encrypt passwd=yes" in the smb.conf file. I have a Red Hat
Linux 7.2
client in a Win 2000 / NT domain and have used winbind to get user and group
information successfully. Are my domain passwords going back and forth
Encrypted or Not?

thanks,
Chris

"Sarris, Chris" wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> Are passwords encrypted when I use winbind in conjuction with modifying the
> /etc/pam.d/login / kde / gdm / ssh configuration scripts?
> 
> I can log into KDE or into a separate tty session on my Linux box with a
> Win2000 domain member with winbind...Winbind is working excellently.
> However, I am wondering if this is clear text or encrypted. It should be
> encrypted to work with Win 2000 but a How To document that I read seem to
> say that Samba ignores Pam when encrypt passwords = yes.
> 
> I have "encrypt passwd=yes" in the smb.conf file. I have a Red
Hat Linux 7.2
> client in a Win 2000 / NT domain and have used winbind to get user and
group
> information successfully. Are my domain passwords going back and forth
> Encrypted or Not?
Yes, all passwords are encrypted between winbindd and the PDC.

Andrew Bartlett

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