samba - Nov 2004 - LDAP and userPassword

Hi all,

Perhaps this is a stupid question, but if you are using a LDAP backend, is 
there any requirement to have a userPassword for a user for them to be able 
to authenticate to a Samba PDC?  Or must they only have a sambaNTPassword?  
Also, which password does smbclient use, userPassword or sambaNTPassword?

Thanks,
Misty

> Perhaps this is a stupid question, but if you are using a LDAP backend, is 
> there any requirement to have a userPassword for a user for them to be able
Only if you want to authenticate other services to the DSA.
> to authenticate to a Samba PDC?  
No (well, unless it is requried by schema).
> Or must they only have a sambaNTPassword?  
> Also, which password does smbclient use, userPassword or sambaNTPassword?
It uses sambaLMPassword or sambaNTPassword depending upon the strength
of the client.

> Perhaps this is a stupid question, but if you are using a LDAP backend, is 
> there any requirement to have a userPassword for a user for them to be able
Only if you want to authenticate other services to the DSA.
> to authenticate to a Samba PDC?  
No (well, unless it is requried by schema).
> Or must they only have a sambaNTPassword?  
> Also, which password does smbclient use, userPassword or sambaNTPassword?
It uses sambaLMPassword or sambaNTPassword depending upon the strength
of the client.