samba - May 2005 - Converting passwords to Linux (NIS)

On our network, some users authenticate against a linux server running NIS, 
while some authenticate against a Windows NT machine via Samba. We want to 
dispense with the Windows machine (who wouldn't!). 

Ideally, I'd like to preserve the users' current passwords. Does the
Samba
suite include tools that allow this? Thank you for your help!



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On 5/20/05, R. Holtz <richard.holtz@handsworth.bham.sch.uk>
wrote:
> On our network, some users authenticate against a linux server running NIS,
> while some authenticate against a Windows NT machine via Samba. We want to
> dispense with the Windows machine (who wouldn't!).
>
> Ideally, I'd like to preserve the users' current passwords. Does
the Samba
> suite include tools that allow this? Thank you for your help!
You are asking a Samba list for help moving off Samba?  I'm not
criticizing, just pointing out the irony.  I'd be surprised if a samba
tool exists to move NT accounts to NIS.

The irony wasn't lost on me, but I look at it this way: I'm abandoning 
Windows, not Samba. Samba was a fantastic tool for the job I wanted to do at 
the time, and I would recommend it to anyone who needs to use both OSes.

I remain hopeful that the tool (or a method) is out there, and suspect that 
the community that provides a bridge between Windows and Linux is the most 
likely to have heard about it.
> You are asking a Samba list for help moving off Samba?  I'm not
> criticizing, just pointing out the irony.  I'd be surprised if a samba
> tool exists to move NT accounts to NIS.
>


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