I have a new Etch box, and have installed Samba.

I'm wanting to move existing samba passwords from a Solaris box to it, but I
can not find where the passwords should be stored.
I thought it was /etc/smbpasswd in older versions, and /etc/samba/passwd in
newer versions (which agrees with "man smbpasswd"), but my /etc/samba/passwd
file is empty.

So as a test run, I changed my own samba password to see if that had any
effect on "/etc/samba/passwd", but nope, that file did not change, yet I now
have to use the new password to smbmount a share on that box. So obviously
the samba password changed, but the file referenced by the man page did not.

Any clues?

Thanks!


--
Kent West
*Westing Peacefully <http://kentwest.blogspot.com>*

I believe you are looking for /var/lib/samba/secrets.tdb ?



Jeff Thurston

Skyline Advanced Technology Services

(408) 340-8041 - Office

(650) 380-0746 - Cell

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From: Kent West [mailto:westk@acu.edu]
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 2:59 PM
To: debian users
Subject: To Where have smbpassd's contents moved?



I have a new Etch box, and have installed Samba.

I'm wanting to move existing samba passwords from a Solaris box to it, but I
can not find where the passwords should be stored.
I thought it was /etc/smbpasswd in older versions, and /etc/samba/passwd in
newer versions (which agrees with "man smbpasswd"), but my /etc/samba/passwd
file is empty.

So as a test run, I changed my own samba password to see if that had any
effect on "/etc/samba/passwd", but nope, that file did not change, yet I now
have to use the new password to smbmount a share on that box. So obviously
the samba password changed, but the file referenced by the man page did not.


Any clues?

Thanks!


--
Kent West
Westing <http://kentwest.blogspot.com> Peacefully

On 4/27/07, Jeff Thurston <jthurston@skyline-ats.com> wrote:
>
> I believe you are looking for /var/lib/samba/secrets.tdb ?
>

That was it; thanks!


--
Kent West
*Westing Peacefully <http://kentwest.blogspot.com>*