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Date:      Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:22:37 -0500
From:      Glenn Johnson <gljohns@bellsouth.net>
To:        Greg Quinlan <Greg.Quinlan@swlct.sthames.nhs.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Samba - smbpasswd file?
Message-ID:  <19990917122237.A784@gforce.johnson.home>
In-Reply-To: <009b01bf0110$fd8c5440$5214010a@swlct.sthames.nhs.uk>
References:  <009b01bf0110$fd8c5440$5214010a@swlct.sthames.nhs.uk>

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On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 02:31:46PM +0100, Greg Quinlan wrote:

> Has anyone got a working example of the file-format for the SAMBA
> "smbpasswd" file?
>
> I thought there would be a utility to convert the FreeBSD "passwd"
> file to a SAMBA "smbpasswd" file. (minus the passwords of course)
>
> Then set the option: update encrypted = Yes (which updates this file
> converting clear text passwords to encrpted)
>
> Can anyone help me?

As root you can do 'smbpasswd -a USERNAME'.

--
Glenn Johnson
gljohns@bellsouth.net


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