The smbpasswd file is used when encrypt passwords = yes is used. AFAIK, if you want to authenticate against /etc/passwd, you need to use plain text passwords. A registry hack will be needed on your Windows clients. A google search will clear up the details on that.
-----Original Message----- From: Daniel Pasono [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 4:05 PM To: Samba Mailing List Subject: [Samba] Unix side authentication Hello all. I'm a little confused. I'm trying to understand how Samba authenticates a user on the Unix side when security=user. The help page says that if my user names are the same on Unix and MS (and they are) , then I probably want to use security=user. I ASSUMED that this meant that Samba would check the /etc/password file to authenticate on the Unix side, but the error log shows that it is checking /var/samba/private/smbpasswd. Is there a way to have Samba check the Unix OS's password file? (we are using NIS so that may complicate things a bit). I would rather drive the passwords from the Unix side rather than the MS side, so I'd rather not use the password sync option. Thanks everyone. Daniel -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
