what is the file /etc/pam_smb.conf means?

[Steve Langasek]

On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 11:14:24PM -0600, Barry Brimer wrote:
> >in my linux system,there is a directory pam.d and a file  
> >/etc/pam_smb.conf.
> /etc/pam.d is where your main pam configuration is stored, it is 
> essential, do not remove it.  /etc/pam_smb.conf is used to configure the 
> pam_smb_auth.so pam module that can be used to do NT4 style authentication 
> against a Windows domain.

No, pam_smb_auth does *Windows 95*-style authentication against a remote
Windows server.  There are important differences in the on-the-wire security
of the two methods.

> Unless you are using pam_smb_auth.so in your pam configuration it is not
> needed.

It's also not needed if you use the secure pam_winbind module from Samba
instead. :)

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