On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 03:21:03PM -0700, Cal Heldenbrand wrote: > Greetings everyone, > > I have a question about the smbpasswd encrypted > database and /etc/passwd -- why does the passdb > backend require an entry in /etc/passwd? Is it > possible to create samba encrypted users without a > /etc/passwd entry?
Because Samba uses POSIX accounts to control ownership and permissions on files. Jeremy. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba