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NT SP5 Authentication Problems to Linux w/Samba
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After applying SP3, you fixed the registry to accept plain text passwords, didn't you? Maybe SP5 undoes that and you have to do it again. I've been holding off on SP5 myself for just this sort of reason. Maybe there are other things SP5 does too, but I haven't heard of anything yet. Try searching the Samba web site.
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EuphonicTrash
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As a security precaution, I might suggest modifying
smb.conf to use encrypted passwords.
Its easy to create the smbpasswd file with
cat /etc/passwd | mksmbpasswd.sh > /etc/smbpasswd
This does place a bit more of an administrative burden on the admin though..one more file to update, but its easy to write a script that takes care of this.
smb.conf to use encrypted passwords.
Its easy to create the smbpasswd file with
cat /etc/passwd | mksmbpasswd.sh > /etc/smbpasswd
This does place a bit more of an administrative burden on the admin though..one more file to update, but its easy to write a script that takes care of this.
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