samba - May 2005 - Unix Password Sync -- Are Passwords Encryped?

Hello,

For Unix Password Sync, I am curios how Samba can provide the passwd 
program with an unencrypted password.

If a Windows user presses Control+Alt+Delete and changes their password, 
are the passwords sent over the network in plain text?  Does Samba 
decrypt the password, then provide it to the passwd program?

Thanks,
Charles

On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 11:12:04AM -0700, Charles McLaughlin
wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> For Unix Password Sync, I am curios how Samba can provide the passwd 
> program with an unencrypted password.
> 
> If a Windows user presses Control+Alt+Delete and changes their password, 
> are the passwords sent over the network in plain text?  Does Samba 
> decrypt the password, then provide it to the passwd program?
Yes. The new plaintext password is encrypted with the hash of the
old password.

Jeremy.