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authorGerald Carter <jerry@samba.org>2002-01-24 17:04:30 +0000
committerGerald Carter <jerry@samba.org>2002-01-24 17:04:30 +0000
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@@ -128,12 +128,13 @@ CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
new password typed (type &#60;Enter&#62; for the old password). This
option is ignored if the username following already exists in
the smbpasswd file and it is treated like a regular change
- password command. Note that the user to be added must already exist
- in the system password file (usually <TT
+ password command. Note that the default passdb backends require
+ the user to already exist in the system password file (usually
+ <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/etc/passwd</TT
->)
- else the request to add the user will fail. </P
+>), else the request to add the
+ user will fail. </P
><P
>This option is only available when running smbpasswd
as root. </P
@@ -168,8 +169,7 @@ CLASS="CONSTANT"
><P
>If the smbpasswd file is in the 'old' format (pre-Samba 2.0
format) there is no space in the user's password entry to write
- this information and so the user is disabled by writing 'X' characters
- into the password space in the smbpasswd file. See <B
+ this information and the command will FAIL. See <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>smbpasswd(5)
</B
@@ -195,15 +195,8 @@ CLASS="CONSTANT"
>If the smbpasswd file is in the 'old' format, then <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
> smbpasswd</B
-> will prompt for a new password for this user,
- otherwise the account will be enabled by removing the <TT
-CLASS="CONSTANT"
->'D'
- </TT
-> flag from account control space in the <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
-> smbpasswd</TT
-> file. See <B
+> will FAIL to enable the account.
+ See <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>smbpasswd (5)</B
> for
@@ -410,66 +403,6 @@ CLASS="FILENAME"
</P
></DD
><DT
->-j DOMAIN</DT
-><DD
-><P
->This option is used to add a Samba server
- into a Windows NT Domain, as a Domain member capable of authenticating
- user accounts to any Domain Controller in the same way as a Windows
- NT Server. See the <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->security = domain</B
-> option in
- the <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->smb.conf(5)</TT
-> man page. </P
-><P
->In order to be used in this way, the Administrator for
- the Windows NT Domain must have used the program "Server Manager
- for Domains" to add the primary NetBIOS name of the Samba server
- as a member of the Domain. </P
-><P
->After this has been done, to join the Domain invoke <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
-> smbpasswd</B
-> with this parameter. smbpasswd will then
- look up the Primary Domain Controller for the Domain (found in
- the <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->smb.conf</TT
-> file in the parameter
- <TT
-CLASS="PARAMETER"
-><I
->password server</I
-></TT
-> and change the machine account
- password used to create the secure Domain communication. This
- password is then stored by smbpasswd in a TDB, writeable only by root,
- called <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->secrets.tdb</TT
-> </P
-><P
->Once this operation has been performed the <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
-> smb.conf</TT
-> file may be updated to set the <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
-> security = domain</B
-> option and all future logins
- to the Samba server will be authenticated to the Windows NT
- PDC. </P
-><P
->Note that even though the authentication is being
- done to the PDC all users accessing the Samba server must still
- have a valid UNIX account on that machine. </P
-><P
->This option is only available when running smbpasswd as root.
- </P
-></DD
-><DT
>-U username</DT
><DD
><P
@@ -570,7 +503,7 @@ CLASS="PARAMETER"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN182"
+NAME="AEN163"
></A
><H2
>NOTES</H2
@@ -613,18 +546,18 @@ CLASS="FILENAME"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN192"
+NAME="AEN173"
></A
><H2
>VERSION</H2
><P
->This man page is correct for version 2.2 of
+>This man page is correct for version 3.0 of
the Samba suite.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN195"
+NAME="AEN176"
></A
><H2
>SEE ALSO</H2
@@ -647,7 +580,7 @@ TARGET="_top"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN201"
+NAME="AEN182"
></A
><H2
>AUTHOR</H2