sync /etc/passwd with samba passwords

[William Pribble]

How do I sync the /etc/password with the samba password file, when a user changes their user password I would like it to automatically update the samba password file. any help appreciated.

Thanks

[Steven E. Protter]

When a password changes in /etc/passwd the samba password database as to be updated.

This is done via the following command:

smbpasswd -a

How to do that in a more automated way is a bit dicier.

This document covers your integration options.

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/netcom/cifs_client_manual.pdf

SEP

[Darren Prior]

Hi Elaine,

There are a couple of options here:

1) Use your PDC to authenticate users for both Samba/CIFS and HP-UX. You'd need to configure CIFS server to Domain level security, and configure pam.conf to support these types of login.

2) You can sync passwords the other way round - ie changing the Samba/CIFS password updates the /etc/passwd entry. See p177 of the O'Reilly Using Samba book.

3) I think some versions of Samba have command line password sync.

regards,

Darren.

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