Come to think of it, there an option in samba to sync with unix passwords, try adding something like to your smb.conf and see what happens: unix password sync = yes passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd -munir y On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, David Blevins wrote: > I've read that too, the security part that is. My smbpasswd file only has > two users in it, both are just ordinary user accounts -- definitely no root > account. > > I see the benefit of having separate files and was wondering if anyone had > any time-saving scripts for adding new (human) users to both files. Not to > difficult to do, I just have never written any system admin style scripts > and am not familiar with any of the do's, don'ts, or common practices. > Like, do you keep them in root's home directory or does it depend on what > the script is for, etc. > > Plus, I figure I'm not the only one who has ever wanted to automate admin > tasks with scripts and that someone might have something interesting to > share. > > Thanks, > David > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org > > [mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of andy at theasis.com > > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 10:52 AM > > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] User admin scripts for Samba, et all. > > > > > > > Also, I don't imagine this will be the last service I setup on > > my machine > > > that will require its own passwd file. What approaches do you > > recommend for > > > designing user administration scripts that update all the > > different passwd > > > files. Basically, what are the do's and don'ts? > > > > The reason they have a separate file is because it's bad policy > > (security-wise) to have the samba passwd = the system passwd. > > > > I believe that you can just not use the samba passwd if you want samba to > > use the system passwd file. At least this was possible in older versions I > > used. > > > > Andy > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > David > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. > > Paul, Minnesota > > http://www.mn-linux.org > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > --