[plug] sync passwd and smbpasswd passwords

[Bernd Felsche]

"Chris Watt" <something.rotten at gmail.com> writes:

>What I have is a situation where each user basically has 3 separate
>passwords where they need to all be identical.

>They have a Windows workstation password, a unix password adn a
>samba passw= ord.

>How is it that I can make the smbpasswd file update when the passwd
>file is updated?

>If they want to change their password, it will be done through
>Usermin (localhost:20000).  I know this means they will still have
>to change two passwords, but I'm unaware of a way to make teh
>windows password pass on to the unix passwd to pass onto samba.

Make the Samba server the PDC and force domain logins on Windows.

There are volumes of Howtos, etc so I won't go into details here.

It should all "simply work" once it's set up.
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