> From: "Basil L. Copeland Jr." <blcjr@sprynet.com>
> Subject: Re: Samba and Encrypted Passwords
> To: psyche-list@redhat.com
>
> Bob Cochran wrote:
>
> >Also, you must initialize the smbpasswd file with the passwords of the
> >user on the Windows 98 box. That username and password must match the
> >username password of the user account on the Linux box,
>
> Perhaps you can explain this mystery. We set up samba on psyche this
> week using server=domain security. I had a user set up a linux user
> account using their NT user account and password. Linux complained that
> the password was too short, so they used a different password. When they
> accessed their /home directory on the linux server from a windows 2000
> workstation where they were logged in with their domain user account, they
> got full access to their /home directory, e.g. could write to it. I was
> suprised. How could this be when the passwords are not the same?
>
When you use "domain" security, samba authenticates the user through
the windoze domain security mechanisms. The docs warn yo that you
should only do this if the usernames are identical **AND** you trust
the NT domain administration. The Unix passwords don't come into play
in this case at all.
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pete peterson
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