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authorJelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org>2003-08-12 22:36:55 +0000
committerJelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org>2003-08-12 22:36:55 +0000
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Better compatibility with official syntax
(This used to be commit 12eea1a70b0c8331aabc09e5ae464d7863de6240)
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diff --git a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passwdprogram.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passwdprogram.xml
index 22235322c8..db02670158 100644
--- a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passwdprogram.xml
+++ b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passwdprogram.xml
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@
<para><emphasis>Note</emphasis> that if the <parameter moreinfo="none">unix
password sync</parameter> parameter is set to <constant>yes
</constant> then this program is called <emphasis>AS ROOT</emphasis>
- before the SMB password in the <ulink url="smbpasswd.5.html"><citerefentry>
- <refentrytitle>smbpasswd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- </ulink> file is changed. If this UNIX password change fails, then
+ before the SMB password in the smbpasswd
+ file is changed. If this UNIX password change fails, then
<command moreinfo="none">smbd</command> will fail to change the SMB password also
(this is by design).</para>
@@ -29,13 +28,6 @@
for security implications. Note that by default <parameter moreinfo="none">unix
password sync</parameter> is set to <constant>no</constant>.</para>
- <para>Not that this program is only invoked when a password change is
- done via the smbd program, not when smbpasswd is used locally as root to
- change a password. This means that you cannot run "smbpasswd USERNAME" as
- root on the SMB server in order to test this parameter, but should run the
- command "smbpasswd -r SMBMACHINE" as a non-root user instead if you want
- to test the invocation of this program.</para>
-
<para>See also <link linkend="UNIXPASSWORDSYNC"><parameter moreinfo="none">unix
password sync</parameter></link>.</para>