I think (on debian anyways) that it gives you the option of converting 
passwd to smbpasswd on package install. But everyone i talk to does it 
manually to stop non-samba users having auto access.

.Chris

> 
> 
> Paul,
> 
> Nice summary :) Is it mandatory that you run smbpasswd (cant remember if
> this is exact name) for all new user accounts? I think that caught me out
> even though they sync ever since.
> 
> 
> >The first things you must do on your samba server is :
> >1 Server Name (obviously)
> >2 User account and mapping of the users name (if different in win/linux)
> >3 Machine account (useradd -d /dev/null -s /bin/false machinename$)
> >4 Encrypted passwds must be turned on in smb.conf
> >5 Domain logons = yes
> >These must be setup properly or Samba won't answer as a Domain
> >Controller.
> 
> 
> 

