On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 11:14:24PM -0600, Barry Brimer wrote: > >in my linux system,there is a directory pam.d and a file > >/etc/pam_smb.conf. > /etc/pam.d is where your main pam configuration is stored, it is > essential, do not remove it. /etc/pam_smb.conf is used to configure the > pam_smb_auth.so pam module that can be used to do NT4 style authentication > against a Windows domain. No, pam_smb_auth does *Windows 95*-style authentication against a remote Windows server. There are important differences in the on-the-wire security of the two methods. > Unless you are using pam_smb_auth.so in your pam configuration it is not > needed. It's also not needed if you use the secure pam_winbind module from Samba instead. :) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.debian.org/ _______________________________________________ Pam-list mailing list Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list
