system-config-authentication quirks

[Matt Finlayson]

I authenticate linux users via the smb pam mechanism.  When I go through 
a server upgrade and use a machine with a different name I change the 
server line in the /etc/pam_smb.conf to reflect the new server machine.

I was terribly frustrated to see the server validate the users that log 
and then see the client machine not properly handle the returned success.

I discovered that I had to run system-config-authentication which showed 
all the correct settings except for the server line that is in 
/etc/pam_smb.conf.  Once I entered the correct server name things work 
great.

How come I have to run system-config-authentication to get 
authentication to work?  Why doesn't the system know that I have 
allready hand entered the correct data in /etc/pam_smb.conf?


Thanks,

-- 
Matt Finlayson
Information Technology Specialist
School of Engineering and Computer Science
Washington State University Vancouver
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