That all depends on whether the clients use encrypted passwords or not.
My prior post on this topic assumes that they do, otherwise, as you
said, there's no issue.
On Sat, 01 Apr 2000, you wrote:
| I believe the default settings for Samba include authenticating against
| the operating system's users. Check the smb.conf man page for a more
| complete explanation, but the section "NOTE ABOUT USERNAME/PASSWORD
| VALIDATION" basically boils down to saying that all username/password
| authentication is performed against the operating system.
|
| If you're having problems, you might check to see that your clients are
| passing info in the correct case.
|
| -Matt Stegman
| <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
|
| On Sat, 1 Apr 2000, Pavlina wrote:
|
| > When setting up Samba, is there an option to convert all current linux
| > usernames and passwords to Samba users? Thank you.
| >
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