On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 23:36 +0100, Antonio wrote: > 2007/11/29, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > Antonio wrote: > > > > You probably will. Webmin can not create Samba passwords from the > > passwords in /etc/passwd. The only way you can use the passwords is > > if you send plain-text password over the network. Windows and Linux > > uses different password hashing mechanisms. So the encrypted > > password that Samba uses does not match the one in /etc/passwd. > > > > There used to be a section in the Samba docs about this, but I have > > not looked for it lately. > > > > Mikkel > > -- > > > > Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, > > for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! > > > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > On a PC different from Casa.... > smbclient -L Casa > Connection to Casa failed (Error NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME) ---- add to primary samba server... wins support = yes add to any other samba servers... wins server = w.x.y.z (where w.x.y.z is ip address of your wins server) As for webmin...it is possible (I think...been a while) to set up webmin to automatically create samba user when creating unix user. I don't know if samba password is automatically created from unix user at that time. It cannot convert passwords for existing users but it can import the user list. Craig
