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Date:      Fri, 03 Dec 1999 16:33:41 -0800
From:      Frankie Li <notme@lvdi.net>
To:        "Jonathan E. Lyons" <parrothd@midwest.net>
Cc:        Ken Wills <kenwills@mailbag.com>, Langa Kentane <evablunted@earthling.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Win98 Authentication thru samba
Message-ID:  <38486165.7C308B96@lvdi.net>
References:  <3.0.5.32.19991203115627.00b14d80@midwest.net> <3.0.5.32.19991203133732.00b00e90@midwest.net>

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I haven't tried this yet, but there is an option
called 
unix password sync = <bool value>

I've heard that this changes the password for
the system when smbpasswd is changed.


Frankie

"Jonathan E. Lyons" wrote:
> 
> But what happends when you add/change user info? Does the encrypted
> database update itself, or do you still need to run update it manually or
> create a scipt? I haven't looked at the newer version in a while...
> 
> At 12:37 PM 12/3/99 -0600, Ken Wills wrote:
> >
> >> You need to do one or the other, encrypter passwords or clear passwords,
> >> the easist is to change the win98 regisrty to plain text passwords, and
> >> reboot. This does open a security risk if your accessing the samba server
> >> over unsecure networks such as the internet, you should read the files on
> >> encryption from samba for more info...
> >
> >Actually encrypting passwords is easier these days than making registry
> >changes
> >everywhere. set 'Encrypted Password = Yes' in smb.conf (using a text editor
> >or
> >swat), restart samba and then add users (using smbpasswd -a or swat).
> >
> >> At 07:42 PM 12/3/99 +0200, Langa Kentane wrote:
> >> >I can't get my windows 98 clients to authenticate via samba latest on my
> >> >freebsd 3.3-R server.  Do I need to setup encrypted passwords or is
> >> >there some registry setting I can change on window 98 to allow the
> >> >clients to authenticate.
> >
> >Ken
> >
> >kenwills@mailbag.com
> >
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