I don't see the need to use UNIX style passwords on a NT system,
unless you're in some migration process from Unix to NT ...
In fact, using UNIX style passwords would give you double
administration on NT systems since some users would also need
an NT login+password to access the server ...
Besides this all ; I'd use NT passwords because they are
better encrypted and can be used for things like FTP services
and , more interesting , Exchange for SMTP and POP access...
>Secondly, NO terminal server can do CHAP with the UNIX passwd,
>because CHAP requires the password to be available in clear text.
>If you tell your clients to do PAP, it will work, CHAP will
>not. You can disable these in the terminal server, also.
I wrote : "Another thing is that Ascend ISDN terminal servers
don't like UNIX passwords.. (AFAIK that's what they told me)",
well that's because we're using CHAP ... (I didn't set it up that way
though ..) and CHAP logins didn't work .. So I had to remove it ...
Just a matter of trial and error :(
However, what are the pros and contras of CHAP <> PAP ?
If PAP does UNIX style passwords .. I'm going for PAP...
Greetinx Earthling,
Walter Tak
walter@concepts.nl