After copying %%PREFIX%%/etc/pam_smb.conf.example to %%PREFIX%%/etc/pam_smb.conf and editing it to taste, add something like this to your /etc/pam.conf file to use this module: login auth sufficient %%PREFIX%%/lib/pam_smb_auth.so Then be sure and rename %%PREFIX%%/etc/rc.d/pam_smbd.sh.sample so that the daemon starts at boot time. See %%PREFIX%%/share/doc/pam_smb for more information.