"C." <colin.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:

> > no need for it or any smb-related stuff. I can only think that some smb
> > stuff was installed by default, but that they forgot to include
> > libpam-smbpass.

>
> Wouldn't it just have been simpler to remove it from the relevant pam
> config files?
>
> (I'm not very familiar with Ubuntu but for most Linuxen....)
>
> cd /etc/pam.d
> grep pam_smb *
>
> (but do make sure you're not removing *ALL* the authentication from a
> service which requires it)

Well, quite. I know nothing about pam and am reluctant to mess with it.

- Richard
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Richard Kimber
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