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Date:      Fri, 01 Oct 1999 15:24:58 -0500
From:      "Jonathan E. Lyons" <parrothd@midwest.net>
To:        Richard Morte <richard@sinclairassoc.force9.co.uk>
Cc:        <FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: SAMBA passwords/Encryption
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.19991001152458.00970650@midwest.net>
In-Reply-To: <LOBBKEGHCNEHPLGFIAKPEENNCAAA.richard@sinclairassoc.force9. co.uk>
References:  <Pine.OSF.4.10.9910011201210.21410-100000@jaguar.ir.miami.edu>

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Just out of curiosity, is there a way to use samba with encrypted passwords
without having to create new users with the smbpasswd utility? I'd like my
users to use the same username and password defined in the master password
files...

Thanks!...



>If you're using WinNT SP3 or higher (or 98), then you need to make sure
>you're using encrypted passwords in samba.
>
>The line to add to the global section of your samba config is:
>
>encrypt passwords = Yes
>
>Then, you add accounts via the smbpasswd utility.  The samba password file
>resides in /usr/local/private/smbpasswd.
>
>Joe Clarke
>
>On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, Richard Morte wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have SAMBA configured for FReeBSD and a number of Win machines. I can
>see
>> all the UNIX shares from the Win boxes. Those that have no restrictions
>> applied in smb.conf (eg the /tmp share) will allow file transfer to and
>from
>> these directories; but Windows will not allow access to those directories
>> that have restrictions (eg to /home/ric) and require a password.
>>
>> Windows returns the message: The password is incorrect. Try again.
>>
>> Is this a problem at the Windows end (something to do with profiles???) or
>> is it that Samba needs to be configured to lookup passwords? At the moment
>> valid usernames and passwords have been created only for UNIX logons (i.e.
>> /etc passwds).
>>

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