(PAM stands for Pluggable Authentication
Modules and is used for authenticating host computers and users.)
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PAM password change??”Indicates to use the PAM password change control flag for
Samba. If this is on (Yes), SMB clients will use PAM instead of the program listed in the
Password Program value for changing SMB passwords.
Passwd program??”Indicates which password program to use to change Linux user passwords.
By default, /usr/bin/passwd is used, with the current username (%u) inserted.
Passwd chat??”Sets the chat that goes on between the Samba daemon (smbd) and the
Linux password program (/usr/bin/passwd by default) when smbd tries to synchronize
SMB passwords with Linux user passwords.
UNIX password sync??”With this on (Yes), Samba tries to update a user??™s Linux user
password with his or her SMB password when the SMB password is changed. To do this,
SMB runs the passwd command as the root user. This is on by default.
Guest account??”Specifies the username for the guest account. When a service is specified
as Guest OK, the name entered here is used to access that service. The account is
usually the nobody username.
Make sure that the guest account is a valid user. (The default of nobody should already
be set up to work.
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