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-><HEAD
-><TITLE
->smbpasswd</TITLE
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-NAME="GENERATOR"
-CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.76b+
-"></HEAD
-><BODY
-CLASS="REFENTRY"
-BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
-TEXT="#000000"
-LINK="#0000FF"
-VLINK="#840084"
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-><H1
-><A
-NAME="SMBPASSWD">smbpasswd</H1
-><DIV
-CLASS="REFNAMEDIV"
-><A
-NAME="AEN5"
-></A
-><H2
->Name</H2
->smbpasswd&nbsp;--&nbsp;change a user's SMB password</DIV
-><DIV
-CLASS="REFSYNOPSISDIV"
-><A
-NAME="AEN8"><H2
->Synopsis</H2
-><P
-><B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->smbpasswd</B
-> [-a] [-x] [-d] [-e] [-D debuglevel] [-n] [-r &#60;remote machine&#62;] [-R &#60;name resolve order&#62;] [-m] [-U username[%password]] [-h] [-s] [-w pass] [-i] [-L] [username]</P
-></DIV
-><DIV
-CLASS="REFSECT1"
-><A
-NAME="AEN27"
-></A
-><H2
->DESCRIPTION</H2
-><P
->This tool is part of the <A
-HREF="samba.7.html"
-TARGET="_top"
-> Samba</A
-> suite.</P
-><P
->The smbpasswd program has several different
- functions, depending on whether it is run by the <I
-CLASS="EMPHASIS"
->root</I
->
- user or not. When run as a normal user it allows the user to change
+<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>smbpasswd</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.60.1"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en"><a name="smbpasswd.8"></a><div class="titlepage"><div></div><div></div></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>smbpasswd &#8212; change a user's SMB password</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><tt class="command">smbpasswd</tt> [-a] [-x] [-d] [-e] [-D debuglevel] [-n] [-r &lt;remote machine&gt;] [-R &lt;name resolve order&gt;] [-m] [-U username[%password]] [-h] [-s] [-w pass] [-i] [-L] [username]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p>This tool is part of the <a href="Samba.7.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">Samba</span>(7)</span></a> suite.</p><p>The smbpasswd program has several different
+ functions, depending on whether it is run by the <span class="emphasis"><em>root</em></span> user
+ or not. When run as a normal user it allows the user to change
the password used for their SMB sessions on any machines that store
- SMB passwords. </P
-><P
->By default (when run with no arguments) it will attempt to
+ SMB passwords. </p><p>By default (when run with no arguments) it will attempt to
change the current user's SMB password on the local machine. This is
- similar to the way the <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->passwd(1)</B
-> program works.
- <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->smbpasswd</B
-> differs from how the passwd program works
- however in that it is not <I
-CLASS="EMPHASIS"
->setuid root</I
-> but works in
- a client-server mode and communicates with a locally running
- <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->smbd(8)</B
->. As a consequence in order for this to
+ similar to the way the <b class="command">passwd(1)</b> program works. <b class="command">
+ smbpasswd</b> differs from how the passwd program works
+ however in that it is not <span class="emphasis"><em>setuid root</em></span> but works in
+ a client-server mode and communicates with a
+ locally running <a href="smbd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbd</span>(8)</span></a>. As a consequence in order for this to
succeed the smbd daemon must be running on the local machine. On a
UNIX machine the encrypted SMB passwords are usually stored in
- the <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->smbpasswd(5)</TT
-> file. </P
-><P
->When run by an ordinary user with no options, smbpasswd
+ the <a href="smbpasswd.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbpasswd</span>(5)</span></a> file. </p><p>When run by an ordinary user with no options, smbpasswd
will prompt them for their old SMB password and then ask them
for their new password twice, to ensure that the new password
was typed correctly. No passwords will be echoed on the screen
whilst being typed. If you have a blank SMB password (specified by
- the string "NO PASSWORD" in the smbpasswd file) then just press
- the &#60;Enter&#62; key when asked for your old password. </P
-><P
->smbpasswd can also be used by a normal user to change their
+ the string &quot;NO PASSWORD&quot; in the smbpasswd file) then just press
+ the &lt;Enter&gt; key when asked for your old password. </p><p>smbpasswd can also be used by a normal user to change their
SMB password on remote machines, such as Windows NT Primary Domain
- Controllers. See the (-r) and -U options below. </P
-><P
->When run by root, smbpasswd allows new users to be added
+ Controllers. See the (<i class="parameter"><tt>-r</tt></i>) and <i class="parameter"><tt>-U</tt></i> options
+ below. </p><p>When run by root, smbpasswd allows new users to be added
and deleted in the smbpasswd file, as well as allows changes to
- the attributes of the user in this file to be made. When run by root,
- <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->smbpasswd</B
-> accesses the local smbpasswd file
+ the attributes of the user in this file to be made. When run by root, <b class="command">
+ smbpasswd</b> accesses the local smbpasswd file
directly, thus enabling changes to be made even if smbd is not
- running. </P
-></DIV
-><DIV
-CLASS="REFSECT1"
-><A
-NAME="AEN43"
-></A
-><H2
->OPTIONS</H2
-><P
-></P
-><DIV
-CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
-><DL
-><DT
->-a</DT
-><DD
-><P
->This option specifies that the username
+ running. </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>OPTIONS</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">-a</span></dt><dd><p>This option specifies that the username
following should be added to the local smbpasswd file, with the
- new password typed (type &#60;Enter&#62; for the old password). This
+ new password typed (type &lt;Enter&gt; 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 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
-><P
->This option is only available when running smbpasswd
- as root. </P
-></DD
-><DT
->-x</DT
-><DD
-><P
->This option specifies that the username
+ <tt class="filename">/etc/passwd</tt>), else the request to add the
+ user will fail. </p><p>This option is only available when running smbpasswd
+ as root. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-x</span></dt><dd><p>This option specifies that the username
following should be deleted from the local smbpasswd file.
- </P
-><P
->This option is only available when running smbpasswd as
- root.</P
-></DD
-><DT
->-d</DT
-><DD
-><P
->This option specifies that the username following
- should be <TT
-CLASS="CONSTANT"
->disabled</TT
-> in the local smbpasswd
- file. This is done by writing a <TT
-CLASS="CONSTANT"
->'D'</TT
-> flag
+ </p><p>This option is only available when running smbpasswd as
+ root.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-d</span></dt><dd><p>This option specifies that the username following
+ should be <tt class="constant">disabled</tt> in the local smbpasswd
+ file. This is done by writing a <tt class="constant">'D'</tt> flag
into the account control space in the smbpasswd file. Once this
is done all attempts to authenticate via SMB using this username
- will fail. </P
-><P
->If the smbpasswd file is in the 'old' format (pre-Samba 2.0
+ will fail. </p><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 the command will FAIL. See <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->smbpasswd(5)
- </B
-> for details on the 'old' and new password file formats.
- </P
-><P
->This option is only available when running smbpasswd as
- root.</P
-></DD
-><DT
->-e</DT
-><DD
-><P
->This option specifies that the username following
- should be <TT
-CLASS="CONSTANT"
->enabled</TT
-> in the local smbpasswd file,
+ this information and the command will FAIL. See <a href="smbpasswd.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbpasswd</span>(5)</span></a> for details on the 'old' and new password file formats.
+ </p><p>This option is only available when running smbpasswd as
+ root.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-e</span></dt><dd><p>This option specifies that the username following
+ should be <tt class="constant">enabled</tt> in the local smbpasswd file,
if the account was previously disabled. If the account was not
disabled this option has no effect. Once the account is enabled then
- the user will be able to authenticate via SMB once again. </P
-><P
->If the smbpasswd file is in the 'old' format, then <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
-> smbpasswd</B
-> will FAIL to enable the account.
- See <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->smbpasswd (5)</B
-> for
- details on the 'old' and new password file formats. </P
-><P
->This option is only available when running smbpasswd as root.
- </P
-></DD
-><DT
->-D debuglevel</DT
-><DD
-><P
-><TT
-CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
-><I
->debuglevel</I
-></TT
-> is an integer
+ the user will be able to authenticate via SMB once again. </p><p>If the smbpasswd file is in the 'old' format, then <b class="command">
+ smbpasswd</b> will FAIL to enable the account.
+ See <a href="smbpasswd.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbpasswd</span>(5)</span></a> for
+ details on the 'old' and new password file formats. </p><p>This option is only available when running smbpasswd as root.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-D debuglevel</span></dt><dd><p><i class="replaceable"><tt>debuglevel</tt></i> is an integer
from 0 to 10. The default value if this parameter is not specified
- is zero. </P
-><P
->The higher this value, the more detail will be logged to the
+ is zero. </p><p>The higher this value, the more detail will be logged to the
log files about the activities of smbpasswd. At level 0, only
- critical errors and serious warnings will be logged. </P
-><P
->Levels above 1 will generate considerable amounts of log
+ critical errors and serious warnings will be logged. </p><p>Levels above 1 will generate considerable amounts of log
data, and should only be used when investigating a problem. Levels
above 3 are designed for use only by developers and generate
HUGE amounts of log data, most of which is extremely cryptic.
- </P
-></DD
-><DT
->-n</DT
-><DD
-><P
->This option specifies that the username following
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-n</span></dt><dd><p>This option specifies that the username following
should have their password set to null (i.e. a blank password) in
- the local smbpasswd file. This is done by writing the string "NO
- PASSWORD" as the first part of the first password stored in the
- smbpasswd file. </P
-><P
->Note that to allow users to logon to a Samba server once
- the password has been set to "NO PASSWORD" in the smbpasswd
+ the local smbpasswd file. This is done by writing the string &quot;NO
+ PASSWORD&quot; as the first part of the first password stored in the
+ smbpasswd file. </p><p>Note that to allow users to logon to a Samba server once
+ the password has been set to &quot;NO PASSWORD&quot; in the smbpasswd
file the administrator must set the following parameter in the [global]
- section of the <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->smb.conf</TT
-> file : </P
-><P
-><B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->null passwords = yes</B
-></P
-><P
->This option is only available when running smbpasswd as
- root.</P
-></DD
-><DT
->-r remote machine name</DT
-><DD
-><P
->This option allows a user to specify what machine
+ section of the <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> file : </p><p><b class="command">null passwords = yes</b></p><p>This option is only available when running smbpasswd as
+ root.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-r remote machine name</span></dt><dd><p>This option allows a user to specify what machine
they wish to change their password on. Without this parameter
- smbpasswd defaults to the local host. The <TT
-CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
-><I
->remote
- machine name</I
-></TT
-> is the NetBIOS name of the SMB/CIFS
+ smbpasswd defaults to the local host. The <i class="replaceable"><tt>remote
+ machine name</tt></i> is the NetBIOS name of the SMB/CIFS
server to contact to attempt the password change. This name is
resolved into an IP address using the standard name resolution
- mechanism in all programs of the Samba suite. See the <TT
-CLASS="PARAMETER"
-><I
->-R
- name resolve order</I
-></TT
-> parameter for details on changing
- this resolving mechanism. </P
-><P
->The username whose password is changed is that of the
- current UNIX logged on user. See the <TT
-CLASS="PARAMETER"
-><I
->-U username</I
-></TT
->
+ mechanism in all programs of the Samba suite. See the <i class="parameter"><tt>-R
+ name resolve order</tt></i> parameter for details on changing
+ this resolving mechanism. </p><p>The username whose password is changed is that of the
+ current UNIX logged on user. See the <i class="parameter"><tt>-U username</tt></i>
parameter for details on changing the password for a different
- username. </P
-><P
->Note that if changing a Windows NT Domain password the
+ username. </p><p>Note that if changing a Windows NT Domain password the
remote machine specified must be the Primary Domain Controller for
the domain (Backup Domain Controllers only have a read-only
copy of the user account database and will not allow the password
- change).</P
-><P
-><I
-CLASS="EMPHASIS"
->Note</I
-> that Windows 95/98 do not have
+ change).</p><p><span class="emphasis"><em>Note</em></span> that Windows 95/98 do not have
a real password database so it is not possible to change passwords
- specifying a Win95/98 machine as remote machine target. </P
-></DD
-><DT
->-R name resolve order</DT
-><DD
-><P
->This option allows the user of smbpasswd to determine
+ specifying a Win95/98 machine as remote machine target. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-R name resolve order</span></dt><dd><p>This option allows the user of smbpasswd to determine
what name resolution services to use when looking up the NetBIOS
- name of the host being connected to. </P
-><P
->The options are :"lmhosts", "host", "wins" and "bcast". They
- cause names to be resolved as follows : </P
-><P
-></P
-><UL
-><LI
-><P
-><TT
-CLASS="CONSTANT"
->lmhosts</TT
-> : Lookup an IP
+ name of the host being connected to. </p><p>The options are :&quot;lmhosts&quot;, &quot;host&quot;, &quot;wins&quot; and &quot;bcast&quot;. They
+ cause names to be resolved as follows: </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p><tt class="constant">lmhosts</tt>: Lookup an IP
address in the Samba lmhosts file. If the line in lmhosts has
- no name type attached to the NetBIOS name (see the <A
-HREF="lmhosts.5.html"
-TARGET="_top"
->lmhosts(5)</A
-> for details) then
- any name type matches for lookup.</P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-><TT
-CLASS="CONSTANT"
->host</TT
-> : Do a standard host
- name to IP address resolution, using the system <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->/etc/hosts
- </TT
->, NIS, or DNS lookups. This method of name resolution
+ no name type attached to the NetBIOS name (see the <a href="lmhosts.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">lmhosts</span>(5)</span></a> for details) then
+ any name type matches for lookup.</p></li><li><p><tt class="constant">host</tt>: Do a standard host
+ name to IP address resolution, using the system <tt class="filename">/etc/hosts
+ </tt>, NIS, or DNS lookups. This method of name resolution
is operating system depended for instance on IRIX or Solaris this
- may be controlled by the <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->/etc/nsswitch.conf</TT
->
+ may be controlled by the <tt class="filename">/etc/nsswitch.conf</tt>
file). Note that this method is only used if the NetBIOS name
type being queried is the 0x20 (server) name type, otherwise
- it is ignored.</P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-><TT
-CLASS="CONSTANT"
->wins</TT
-> : Query a name with
- the IP address listed in the <TT
-CLASS="PARAMETER"
-><I
->wins server</I
-></TT
->
+ it is ignored.</p></li><li><p><tt class="constant">wins</tt>: Query a name with
+ the IP address listed in the <i class="parameter"><tt>wins server</tt></i>
parameter. If no WINS server has been specified this method
- will be ignored.</P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-><TT
-CLASS="CONSTANT"
->bcast</TT
-> : Do a broadcast on
+ will be ignored.</p></li><li><p><tt class="constant">bcast</tt>: Do a broadcast on
each of the known local interfaces listed in the
- <TT
-CLASS="PARAMETER"
-><I
->interfaces</I
-></TT
-> parameter. This is the least
+ <i class="parameter"><tt>interfaces</tt></i> parameter. This is the least
reliable of the name resolution methods as it depends on the
- target host being on a locally connected subnet.</P
-></LI
-></UL
-><P
->The default order is <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->lmhosts, host, wins, bcast</B
->
- and without this parameter or any entry in the
- <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->smb.conf</TT
-> file the name resolution methods will
- be attempted in this order. </P
-></DD
-><DT
->-m</DT
-><DD
-><P
->This option tells smbpasswd that the account
+ target host being on a locally connected subnet.</p></li></ul></div><p>The default order is <b class="command">lmhosts, host, wins, bcast</b>
+ and without this parameter or any entry in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smb.conf</span>(5)</span></a> file the name resolution methods will
+ be attempted in this order. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-m</span></dt><dd><p>This option tells smbpasswd that the account
being changed is a MACHINE account. Currently this is used
- when Samba is being used as an NT Primary Domain Controller.</P
-><P
->This option is only available when running smbpasswd as root.
- </P
-></DD
-><DT
->-U username</DT
-><DD
-><P
->This option may only be used in conjunction
- with the <TT
-CLASS="PARAMETER"
-><I
->-r</I
-></TT
-> option. When changing
+ when Samba is being used as an NT Primary Domain Controller.</p><p>This option is only available when running smbpasswd as root.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-U username</span></dt><dd><p>This option may only be used in conjunction
+ with the <i class="parameter"><tt>-r</tt></i> option. When changing
a password on a remote machine it allows the user to specify
the user name on that machine whose password will be changed. It
is present to allow users who have different user names on
- different systems to change these passwords. </P
-></DD
-><DT
->-h</DT
-><DD
-><P
->This option prints the help string for <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
-> smbpasswd</B
->, selecting the correct one for running as root
- or as an ordinary user. </P
-></DD
-><DT
->-s</DT
-><DD
-><P
->This option causes smbpasswd to be silent (i.e.
+ different systems to change these passwords. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-h</span></dt><dd><p>This option prints the help string for <b class="command">
+ smbpasswd</b>, selecting the correct one for running as root
+ or as an ordinary user. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-s</span></dt><dd><p>This option causes smbpasswd to be silent (i.e.
not issue prompts) and to read its old and new passwords from
- standard input, rather than from <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->/dev/tty</TT
->
- (like the <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->passwd(1)</B
-> program does). This option
- is to aid people writing scripts to drive smbpasswd</P
-></DD
-><DT
->-w password</DT
-><DD
-><P
->This parameter is only available if Samba
+ standard input, rather than from <tt class="filename">/dev/tty</tt>
+ (like the <b class="command">passwd(1)</b> program does). This option
+ is to aid people writing scripts to drive smbpasswd</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-w password</span></dt><dd><p>This parameter is only available if Samba
has been configured to use the experimental
- <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->--with-ldapsam</B
-> option. The <TT
-CLASS="PARAMETER"
-><I
->-w</I
-></TT
->
+ <b class="command">--with-ldapsam</b> option. The <i class="parameter"><tt>-w</tt></i>
switch is used to specify the password to be used with the
- <A
-HREF="smb.conf.5.html#LDAPADMINDN"
-TARGET="_top"
-><TT
-CLASS="PARAMETER"
-><I
->ldap admin
- dn</I
-></TT
-></A
->. Note that the password is stored in
- the <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->private/secrets.tdb</TT
-> and is keyed off
- of the admin's DN. This means that if the value of <TT
-CLASS="PARAMETER"
-><I
->ldap
- admin dn</I
-></TT
-> ever changes, the password will need to be
+ <a href="smb.conf.5.html#LDAPADMINDN" target="_top"><i class="parameter"><tt>ldap admin
+ dn</tt></i></a>. Note that the password is stored in
+ the <tt class="filename">secrets.tdb</tt> and is keyed off
+ of the admin's DN. This means that if the value of <i class="parameter"><tt>ldap
+ admin dn</tt></i> ever changes, the password will need to be
manually updated as well.
- </P
-></DD
-><DT
->-i</DT
-><DD
-><P
->This option tells smbpasswd that the account
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-i</span></dt><dd><p>This option tells smbpasswd that the account
being changed is an interdomain trust account. Currently this is used
when Samba is being used as an NT Primary Domain Controller.
- The account contains the info about another trusted domain.</P
-><P
->This option is only available when running smbpasswd as root.
- </P
-></DD
-><DT
->-L</DT
-><DD
-><P
->Run in local mode.</P
-></DD
-><DT
->username</DT
-><DD
-><P
->This specifies the username for all of the
- <I
-CLASS="EMPHASIS"
->root only</I
-> options to operate on. Only root
+ The account contains the info about another trusted domain.</p><p>This option is only available when running smbpasswd as root.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-L</span></dt><dd><p>Run in local mode.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">username</span></dt><dd><p>This specifies the username for all of the
+ <span class="emphasis"><em>root only</em></span> options to operate on. Only root
can specify this parameter as only root has the permission needed
to modify attributes directly in the local smbpasswd file.
- </P
-></DD
-></DL
-></DIV
-></DIV
-><DIV
-CLASS="REFSECT1"
-><A
-NAME="AEN173"
-></A
-><H2
->NOTES</H2
-><P
->Since <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->smbpasswd</B
-> works in client-server
+ </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>NOTES</h2><p>Since <b class="command">smbpasswd</b> works in client-server
mode communicating with a local smbd for a non-root user then
the smbd daemon must be running for this to work. A common problem
- is to add a restriction to the hosts that may access the <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
-> smbd</B
-> running on the local machine by specifying a
- <TT
-CLASS="PARAMETER"
-><I
->allow hosts</I
-></TT
-> or <TT
-CLASS="PARAMETER"
-><I
->deny hosts</I
-></TT
->
- entry in the <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->smb.conf</TT
-> file and neglecting to
- allow "localhost" access to the smbd. </P
-><P
->In addition, the smbpasswd command is only useful if Samba
- has been set up to use encrypted passwords. See the file
- <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->ENCRYPTION.txt</TT
-> in the docs directory for details
- on how to do this. </P
-></DIV
-><DIV
-CLASS="REFSECT1"
-><A
-NAME="AEN183"
-></A
-><H2
->VERSION</H2
-><P
->This man page is correct for version 3.0 of
- the Samba suite.</P
-></DIV
-><DIV
-CLASS="REFSECT1"
-><A
-NAME="AEN186"
-></A
-><H2
->SEE ALSO</H2
-><P
-><A
-HREF="smbpasswd.5.html"
-TARGET="_top"
-><TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->smbpasswd(5)</TT
-></A
->,
- <A
-HREF="samba.7.html"
-TARGET="_top"
->samba(7)</A
->
- </P
-></DIV
-><DIV
-CLASS="REFSECT1"
-><A
-NAME="AEN192"
-></A
-><H2
->AUTHOR</H2
-><P
->The original Samba software and related utilities
+ is to add a restriction to the hosts that may access the <b class="command">
+ smbd</b> running on the local machine by specifying either <i class="parameter"><tt>allow
+ hosts</tt></i> or <i class="parameter"><tt>deny hosts</tt></i> entry in
+ the <a href="smb.conf.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smb.conf</span>(5)</span></a> file and neglecting to
+ allow &quot;localhost&quot; access to the smbd. </p><p>In addition, the smbpasswd command is only useful if Samba
+ has been set up to use encrypted passwords. See the document <a href="pwencrypt.html" target="_top">
+ &quot;LanMan and NT Password Encryption in Samba&quot;</a> in the docs directory for details
+ on how to do this. </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>VERSION</h2><p>This man page is correct for version 3.0 of the Samba suite.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>SEE ALSO</h2><p><a href="smbpasswd.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbpasswd</span>(5)</span></a>, <a href="Samba.7.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">Samba</span>(7)</span></a>.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>AUTHOR</h2><p>The original Samba software and related utilities
were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
- to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</P
-><P
->The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer.
+ to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</p><p>The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer.
The man page sources were converted to YODL format (another
- excellent piece of Open Source software, available at
- <A
-HREF="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/"
-TARGET="_top"
-> ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</A
->) and updated for the Samba 2.0
+ excellent piece of Open Source software, available at <a href="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/" target="_top">
+ ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</a>) and updated for the Samba 2.0
release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for
- Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter</P
-></DIV
-></BODY
-></HTML
-> \ No newline at end of file
+ Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook XML 4.2
+ for Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.</p></div></div></body></html>