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Saurabh Jain wrote:
> I have a huge UNIX network. I want to deploy a Samba
> server using NIS Authentication mechanism for the growing
> number of windows machines. What are the pros and cons of using
> NIS authentication with Samba?
Pros: you can use existing unfix passwords
Cons: (a) no modern windows client supports this without local
client changes to the registry, (b) clients cannot
automatically reconnect to shares since they only cache the
password hash, (c) you can't run a Samba domain without
'encrypt passwords = yes', (d) clear test passwords are do
'90's :-)
cheers, jerry
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