On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 08:38:20AM +0700, Ramil Galib wrote: > Hi Guys, > My First time to setup samba as windows PDC. > Users from /etc/passwd can login in winxp workstations as long as > i do smbpasswd -a <user> then I have to supply a new password. > Is there a way to convert users in /etc/passwd to smbpasswd file with d same > passwords?
No. Samba/Windows networking uses a totally different scheme for encrypting passwords from that used by PAM on Linux. Unless you can break MD5, it is impossible. -- dido The foundation of all mental illness is the avoidance of legitimate suffering. http://stormwyrm.blogspot.com/ -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
