[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I can probably persuade an Administrator to enter the password once into: > > bash-3.2# smbadm join -u Admininstator my.domain.net > > as it is similar to the Windows procedure. How do I explain the two > 'sharectl set -p' commands and convince them that there is no security > concern? > > Also, are these fields maintained automatically when the Administrator > password is changed? > > Finally, is there a reason why the 'smbadm join' command cannot issue the > 'sharectl set -p' commands itself so that the password only has to be > typed once?
John, This was a temporary measure due to delivery time constraints. As of Nevada build 79, the username and password will only be used to join the domain (when specified with the smbadm command) and will no longer be stored. The ads_user and ads_passwd properties will be deprecated and removed. > Many thanks to all who replied to my questions. I hope that a recipe for > CIFS Server in Solaris-AD Integration will join or be linked from Scott > Lowe's very useful Active Directory Integration site: > > http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/04/19/samba-in-solaris-ad-integration/ > http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/01/15/active-directory-integration-index/ We will be publishing information on http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/cifs-server/ It's not a problem for people to provide URLs to this site. Alan -- PS It's good to see that demon.co.uk is still around after all these years. _______________________________________________ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
