MKSMBPASSWD(D)                                     MKSMBPASSWD(D)



NAME
       mksmbpasswd  - formats a /etc/passwd entry for a smbpasswd
       file

SYNOPSIS
       mksmbpasswd  cat  /etc/passwd  |  /usr/sbin/mksmbpasswd  >
       /etc/samba/smbpasswd

DESCRIPTION
       mksmbpasswd should be used only once, the first time Samba
       is installed. The idea is to  ease  accounts  creation  by
       transferring   all   user  accounts  from  /etc/passwd  to
       /etc/samba/smbpasswd.

       Please note that passwords are not  transferred  automati-
       cally  from  /etc/passwd  to  the new /etc/samba/smbpasswd
       file. After running mksmbpasswd all accounts are  disabled
       so  the  system  administrator must run smbpasswd for each
       account that needs to be enable.

FILES
       /etc/passwd
              System wide accounts file

       /etc/samba/smbpasswd
              Encrypted passwords file for the Samba daemons

SEE ALSO
       samba(a), nmbd(d), smbd(d)

AUTHOR
       Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org> (man page based on  send-
       mailconfig's man page by Robert Leslie <rob@mars.org>)



                           12-Apr-1998             MKSMBPASSWD(D)