On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 13:53 -0700, Craig White wrote: > On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 15:43 -0500, Collins, Kevin wrote: > > I'm in the middle of Samba 3.0.9 ==> 3.0.14a migration testing. Because > > I'm using newer tools, I am also using a newer verions of the Samba LDAP > > Tools. > > > > My older version, 0.8.4, used the 'mkntpwd' utility to generate NT > > passwords. The new version, 0.9.1 defaults to using (what looks like) a > > Perl module called Crypt::SmbHash. > > > > My questions: Do I need to continue to use mkntpwd? Will I need to reset > > all the passwords for my users if I move to Crypt::SmbHash? Or will it > > "just work" if I leave the defaults alone? > ---- > I think that an smb hashed password is going to be an smb hashed > password regardless of the tool used to create it. Otherwise, how could > the Windows user log in?
Yes. One is a perl port of the C routines, while the older mkntwpd is just that particular C file compiled standalone. If the perl code does the unicode translation right, it might even be more accurate for non-ASCII. Andrew Bartlett -- Andrew Bartlett http://samba.org/~abartlet/ Authentication Developer, Samba Team http://samba.org Student Network Administrator, Hawker College http://hawkerc.net
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