It seems that some folks do not read the whole message. the samba server has been configured to use a win2k as password server and it is ok for people to access Linux files within win environment.
-----Original Message----- From: Jeff Kinz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 March 2003 15:47 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mount win shares to Linux automatically - possible? On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 03:26:55PM -0000, Zhi Cheng Wang wrote: > Hi, Christopher > Thank you for your very helpful suggestions. For the time being, I will > write a script to prompt for password when people try to access their > windows shares. It is simply impossible to ask hundreds of people for > their password and put them in a clear text file on hundreds of computers Hi Zhi, Actually the passwords would be placed only in the fstab file on the server. Not hundreds of computers. Also you wouldn't have to ask the users for their passwords, thay can be set to explicit values on the Linux side. this however, creates other detrimental issues. Remeber the Samba share passwords don't have to be the same as their Windows passwords. Which raises the specter of the "multiple logons" issue. Since clear text passwords are always vulnerable have you considered adding an LDAP authentication facility to your network? Or having a Linux box act as a domain controller? > and have to change them from time to time. May be it is a good idea for > some folks, but not me. By the way - here are the user guidelines for this email list. You may want to glance through them to learn how to post in the correct format. http://www.rps2.net/RHLinux/rhil-guide.htm OR: http://kinz.org/rhilg.html http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html network etiquette http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://expita.com/nomime.html -- Jeff Kinz, Open-PC, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA. [EMAIL PROTECTED] copyright 2003. Use is restricted. Any use is an acceptance of the offer at http://www.kinz.org/policy.html. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -------------------------------------------------------- This email is confidential and intended solely for the use of the person(s) ('the intended recipient') to whom it was addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research or the Christie Hospital NHS Trust. It may contain information that is privileged & confidential within the meaning of applicable law. Accordingly any dissemination, distribution, copying, or other use of this message, or any of its contents, by any person other than the intended recipient may constitute a breach of civil or criminal law and is strictly prohibited. If you are NOT the intended recipient please contact the sender and dispose of this e-mail as soon as possible. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
