The other thing I do is to use a script to give all new users the same unix and smb password, then at first use of the windows computer, they change the password which changes both the unix and windows password.
Chris Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] Box 340, The Valley, Anguilla, British West Indies Yahoo IM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 264 497-5670 Fax: 264 497-8463 www.netconcepts.ai > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Klein > Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 7:51 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Is there a way for Samba to authenticate via PAM? > > > Short of invoking the ldap beast...can just unix pwd/account > info be used? > > When my unix login creds are the same as my samba acct (and > they are)...it > would be nice to not have to maintain separate-but-equal pwd files > (smbpasswd and /etc/password). > > You're kind of implying two separate/different passwords. Is > samba keeping > the passwords in a different format? > > mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris Mason > Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 4:01 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Is there a way for Samba to authenticate via PAM? > > > You can use LDAP. I've done this and it works very well. > There's still a NT > and unix apssword, but it's all in one database. > > Chris Mason > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Box 340, The Valley, Anguilla, British West Indies > Yahoo IM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 264 497-5670 Fax: 264 497-8463 > www.netconcepts.ai > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rodolfo J. Paiz > > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 11:10 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Is there a way for Samba to authenticate via PAM? > > > > > > The subject says it all, really... is there no way to avoid > > having separate > > user/pass databases for the system and samba? > > > > TIA, > > > > > > -- > > Rodolfo J. Paiz > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
