Just what is in the documentation on samba.org. Anything involving plain-text authentication seems to be discouraged.
On 05/24/12 17:56, aurfalien wrote: > Hi Gaiseric, > > I tried w/o success in configuring Samba + PAM last night. > > Do you know now of any documentation that would help? > > - aurf > > > On May 24, 2012, at 5:35 PM, Gaiseric Vandal wrote: > >> Presumably with the PGINA/LDAP solution, the has method is something >> unix-compatible (e.g. unix crypt+md5, or SSHA) that is hard to break >> with a password cracking program? Are the LDAP transmissions done in >> the clear? If so, you could sniff the traffic and capture the >> passwords. (You may not consider this ethical.) Either way, if you >> had a database of plain text passwords you could then create the NTLM >> passwords for each user. >> >> You could try configuring samba to use permit plain text passwords for >> authentication. I think (but not sure) that could then configure samba >> to use pam authentication (the same way a unix login would.) But you >> would then need to configure all the Windows PC's to support plain text >> passwords. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 05/24/12 16:25, aurfalien wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I am using OpenLDAP and over have ~800 users in its DB. >>> >>> I would like to simply use Samba as a file server, no PDC. >>> >>> I have been able to export my LDAP DB to a file containing hashes of users >>> passwords. >>> >>> Is there a way I can import this file to smbpasswd or other file that Samba >>> understands so that my 800 some odd users won't have to re register there >>> passwords? >>> >>> I would really love to avoid having 800 annoyed users retyping there >>> passwords for accessing shares. >>> >>> I have them currently authenticating on Windows via an LDAP client (pGina). >>> >>> - aurf >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the >> instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba