Samba

[R S Gill]

Exactly!

So how do I go about doing that?

What do I have to edit in smb.conf to make samba authenticate against 
PAM and not its own password list.

Gill

Derek Broughton wrote:

>Jean-Eric wrote:
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>> > Hi All,
>> > Running Breezy on AMD64.
>> > Anyone know how to setup Samba such that is synchronizes its password
>> > list with my Ubuntu box?
>> > I want to be able to change my password in Ubuntu and have the
>> > password updated in Samba.
>>
>>The idea is not to synchro samba <=> /etc/passwd (that's not possible),
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>Surely it's possible.  
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>>but to use Samba as the authentication for your box.
>>This is done through winbind (or PAM/nsswitch)
>>Have a look for winbind on Google.
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>You're going the wrong way.  If you don't have a Windows domain, and want
>your linux box to be the domain controller, it should be possible to get
>the samba authentications through PAM.  
>  
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