> is there a way to authenticate SAMBA users against a NT PDC without > creating an entry in /etc/passwd
The other day when I was reading the Samba docs they say you can. # Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See # security_level.txt for details. security = user and in /usr/share/doc/samba-2.2.1a/docs/textdocs/security_level.txt Note: Samba-2.0.0 now adds the "domain" security mode. Please refer to the smb.conf man page for usage information and to the document docs/textdocs/DOMAIN_MEMBER.txt for further background details. Of the above, "security = server" means that Samba reports to clients that it is running in "user mode" but actually passes off all authentication requests to another "user mode" server. This requires an additional parameter "password server =" that points to the real authentication server. That real authentication server can be another Samba server or can be a Windows NT server, the later natively capable of encrypted password support. So, read the docus;-) Try www.samba.org if you don't have them locally. -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition.
