On 2003.02.05 14:53 Alan Bradley - CPX WC wrote:
Hi All,
I would appreciate some assistance on how to create the smbpasswd file
from
the existing /etc/passwd file ?
The version of samba is 2.0.7 and it is running on Solaris 7 and
Solaris 8.
Thanks.
Regards,
Alan.
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I don't use Solaris, but if it is like most other *nix type systems
then you can't actually create a smbpasswd file from an /etc/passwd
file. This is because the information stored in /etc/passwd is a hash
of the password (and sometimes a couple of additional letters) and is
actually made to not be decrypted. When you logon to the system it
creates a hash of the password you type in and compares that to the
hash in /etc/passwd.
Watch this space, because I am sure that if I am wrong someone will
notice that and write in.
mark
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