[KLUG Members] how to use /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow for samba passwords?

[Bruce Smith]

> > How can i configure samba to use /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow for the samba
> > passwords?
> > I dont want to use smbpasswd for samba and would like it to just get its
> > passwords from Linux
> 
> Encrypt passwords = no
> 
> But it won't work for even moderatley current CIFS clients (Windows
> 2000+).

It works for Win2K and WinXP with a simple registry change.

There is a .reg file in the samba distribution (or at least used to be)
for the different versions of Windows you can run to allow Win32 to do
plain text passwords.

 - BS