tlug: Syncing NT and Linux passwords

[Frank Bennett <bennett@example.com>]

We have both NT and Linux machines on the faculty network here.
At the moment, some filespace services are served by NT machines,
and mail is provided by a Linux box.  Soon I will be providing
further tranches of filespace out of Linux via SMB, and later via
SMB layered on Coda.  So we will have the following
password-protected services running:

 o SMB (NT password server)

 o Samba (NT password server or Linux fileserver /etc/passwd)

 o pop3 (Linux mailserver /etc/passwd)

 o Coda (Linux fileserver Coda password file)

Currently only mail services are widely used, so there is only
one password file of significant size to protect and maintain.
But I shudder when I think of the task of explaining to users how
to set each of the passwords above, not to mention explaining to
them why so many separate passwords are necessary.

On the Unix side, consolidation in a secure fashion will be
pretty straightforward (in the sense that I have a plan, know it
will work, know it will be secure, and know exactly what will be
necessary to implement it).  The problem of syncing Unix and NT
has me stumped, though.

Is there ANY means of simultaneously setting a password on a Unix
and an NT box?  If this is possible, it will make our lives MUCH
simpler.

Yours in hope,
-- 
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Frank G Bennett, Jr         @@
Faculty of Law, Nagoya Univ () email: bennett@example.com
Tel: +81[(0)52]789-2239     () WWW:   http://rumple.soas.ac.uk/~bennett/
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