samba - Mar 2009 - Are tdbsam and smbpasswd linked?

Hi All,

    I just added three users to my tdbsam with
"pdbedit -a -u username" (had to do "useradd"
first).  All three appeared in tdbsam as they
should, as verified with "pdbedit -L".

But, all three also appeared in /etc/samba/smbpasswd.
This is not a mistake, they were not there before.

Are "tdbsam" and "smbpasswd" linked?  I am confused.

Many thanks,
-T

MargoAndTodd wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>    I just added three users to my tdbsam with
> "pdbedit -a -u username" (had to do "useradd"
> first).  All three appeared in tdbsam as they
> should, as verified with "pdbedit -L".
>
> But, all three also appeared in /etc/samba/smbpasswd.
> This is not a mistake, they were not there before.
>
> Are "tdbsam" and "smbpasswd" linked?  I am confused.
>
> Many thanks,
> -T
No. tdbsam is the authoritative source for Samba. I imagine that 
smbpasswd is kept up to date in case you revert to using it.