samba - Feb 2004 - mix encrypted/non-encrypted password

We have lots of different MS boxes from W95 to XP

I would like to move from non encrypted password to encrypted password
over a certain time period (don want to work all weekend!)

Is that possible and how. I didn't find anything on this subject

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Best Regards

Thomas Spuhler

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Quoting "Thomas Spuhler thomas-at-btspuhler.com |Samba|"
<sw5lhtrrjk0t@sneakemail.com>:
> We have lots of different MS boxes from W95 to XP
> 
> I would like to move from non encrypted password to encrypted
> password
> over a certain time period (don want to work all weekend!)
> 
> Is that possible and how. I didn't find anything on this subject
man smb.conf

[quote]
update encrypted (G)

This boolean parameter allows a user logging on with a plaintext
password to have their encrypted (hashed) password in the smbpasswd
file to be updated automatically as they log on. This option allows
a site to migrate from plaintext password authentication (users
authenticate with plaintext password over the wire, and are checked
against a UNIX account database) to encrypted password
authentication (the SMB challenge/response authentication
mechanism) without forcing all users to re-enter their passwords
via smbpasswd at the time the change is made. This is a convenience
option to allow the change over to encrypted passwords to be made
over a longer period. Once all users have encrypted representations
of their passwords in the smbpasswd file this parameter should be
set to no.

In order for this parameter to work correctly the encrypt passwords
parameter must be set to no when this parameter is set to yes.
[/quote]

HTH

Mike
-- 
SuSE 9.0 Pro (2.4.21-192-default) with samba-2.2.8a-107

My experience with Samba have always had a smb process spawn when I try to
connect to the Linux server via smb ( with user and password prompt ).

Now with SUSE 9 and 2.2.8a-107,  I see all smb deamons running as root and
one
switches over to my id to process 1 request and then switch back to root.

Each request takes 1.5 to 3 seconds to complete.  Way too long.
You can hear the harddisk on the linux box write something with the begin
and end
 of every request.

Symptoms:  Each file open/directory open in explorer take WAY TOO LONG.