The cleanest way to do this is to not use /etc/passwd or the smb database and switch the entire user/password infrastructure to LDAP. This would of course be quite a large undertaking as it would affect much more than just SAMBA, but it might be well worth it for future growth, especially when it comes to enterprise use.
The cleanest way to do this is to not use /etc/passwd or the smb database and switch the entire user/password infrastructure to LDAP. This would of course be quite a large undertaking as it would affect much more than just SAMBA, but it might be well worth it for future growth, especially when it comes to enterprise use.