On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 09:09:43PM +0000, Benjamin Huntsman wrote: > Ok, now I'm stuck... > > We have several stand-alone UNIX (AIX) systems that we need to share a few > SMB shares from. None of these are joined to our domain. > > We want the end-users to be able to map these shares to their Windows systems > using the username in the form of AIXSERVER\username, and using the password > from their local AIX account on the server. > > Asking the end-users to understand that they must run smbpasswd after > updating their OS password is not realistic. In the past, we were able to > get around that by specifying "security = SHARE" in the smb.conf file. Now > that this is removed, what option do I have to ensure that users can always > log in via their UNIX OS password, and don't need to run smbpasswd after > running passwd? Is there such a method? pam_smbpass.so? > > Also, what was the last version of Samba that supported "security = share"?
3.6.x supports "security = share". But by using "security = share" you're not bypassing the password sync requirement. I bet you're just ignoring the fact they're logging in as guest. Chech out the "map to guest" parameter. You can keep using that with "security = user" (the default). Jeremy. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
