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Do you have to enable encrypted passwords for smbpasswd to work? I have yet to enable encryption because I wanted to test everything first, but have enabled 'update encrypted = Yes' so that this will update the smbpasswd file. I also have 'unix password sync = Yes'. However, I cannot get smbpasswd to change the passwords, either by user or root. Any suggestions? Carey

...rd 4b. From windows "search for computer" suntst1 AM samba server I want the PDC to do the security, so I do not have to add the users to the smbpasswd file. Mathew Spurgeon Eli Lilly and Company Software Engineering Support Team Phone: (317) 276-7436 Mobile: (317) 716-7789 http://mcntstep03.d51.lilly.com/SEST mspurgeon@lilly.com

FYI:, I'm fairly new to samba (a couple of months now), and have experimented - unsuccessfully - with getting it to work with clearcase. Does anyone have a how-to, or a list of gotcha's for setting up clearcase with samba? Thanks in advance for any information you can send me. Ozzie,

...untst1 AM samba server If I need to add the users to the smbpasswd file; how do I make so that I do not need to create a password on the UNIX samba server for the user? Mathew Spurgeon Eli Lilly and Company Software Engineering Support Team Phone: (317) 276-7436 Mobile: (317) 716-7789 http://mcntstep03.d51.lilly.com/SEST mspurgeon@lilly.com