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Hey all. I have a bunch of linux servers, all using NIS to maintain username/password/UID/GID information. I'm trying to make the filesystems browsable from Windows XP, while maintaining correct UID/GID info. It seems this would be really simple, just let the user login to \\linuxmachine with his/her linux username & password, and everything they do happens as them. As you know - no

...remote announce = 40.1.142.11 40.25.17.9 40.25.12.26 40.1.129.224 40.1.129.225 wins proxy = yes dns proxy = yes 3. restarted the samba server 4. From windows "search for computer" suntst1 unknown 4a. If I add the my userid to the smbpasswd -a <userid> newpasswd = Windows Password 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)...

...remote announce = 40.1.142.11 40.25.17.9 40.25.12.26 40.1.129.224 40.1.129.225 wins proxy = yes dns proxy = yes 3. restarted the samba server 4. From windows "search for computer" suntst1 unknown 4a. If I add the my userid to the smbpasswd -a <userid> newpasswd = Windows Password 4b. From windows "search for computer" suntst1 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 Engineer...

I am new to SAMBA. I am using it with LINUX and I love it! Nice change from you know who. I am sorry if this is a lame question, but I am setting up a Primary Domain Controller and a Backup Domain Controller. All the clients are Windows 2K or XP. I need the clients to reset their passwords every 30 days. I am having a hard time locating a procedure to set this feature. LINUX has 'chage'