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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Joerg Pulz
> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 10:47 PM
> To: Roger Merritt
> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Upgrading from Samba 2 to Samba 3
> 
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> On Wed, 18 May 2005, Roger Merritt wrote:
> 
> > I've just become aware that samba.org is no longer 
> supporting Samba 2 (which 
> > has served me well for so long) and I should upgrade to 
> Samba 3, which is now 
> > the stable version. I don't find any warnings about it in 
> > /usr/ports/UPDATING. Does anyone have any gotchas I should 
> be aware of?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> you should definitely take a look into the official Samba-3 HOWTO.
> http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf
> 
> there is a separate part about migration and updating.
> 
> you should also read about the "Account Information Databases" in 
> part-III/chapter 10, as this is importand to reuse your old 
> smbpasswd or 
> passdb.tdb file.
>

If you have one.  On smaller networks I use the UNIX password file and
just switch on unencrypted passwords on the Windows clients.  When you
have 12-15 people in the office, and the server is in an unlocked broom
closet, your kidding yourself if you think that encrypting passwords on
the wire will do anything whatsoever to increase your data security.

Ted