We are talking ~900 users... and I finally got it working.
Thanks a lot to all of you who shared your thoughts on this matter.
When everything is in place and working smoothly I'll setup a web page with
detailed instructions for all those interested in migrating their server
infraestructure from NT to Linux.
----- Original Message -----
From: "marsden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] Password issues
> At 03:34 PM 1/26/01 -0600, you wrote:
> >This is a good point. I don't think Samba supports pam.d rejection of
> >passwords and since I'll be using password synchronization this is really
> >important. I guess I'll just have to live with weak passwords untill a
> >better solution comes my way.
> >Has anyone tried to do something like this?
>
> Sir
> How many passwords/users are you considering? You can set up users and
> their passwords via the commandline, and while Linux will complain, at
> least both RedHat and Mandrake 7.1 will allow you to *use* a silly
> password. Once you see "password authenticated" it has been setup,
> regardless of how easy it is to crack.
>
> Our company is small enough that we set up less than 1 user a month, so I
> simply input the info on the command line instead of using the gui
provided
> by Mandrake.
>
> Anybody else have any brilliant ideas?
>
> But do, please, bug them to update their passwords.
>
> Marsden
>
>
