Fixes and updates.

(This used to be commit bec3bd8f5863b044bca64b38ff037224bb652211)

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/docs/smbdotconf/security/encryptpasswords.xml b/docs/smbdotconf/security/encryptpasswords.xml
index 70ee97ee0a..7c7ef2fcfe 100644
--- a/docs/smbdotconf/security/encryptpasswords.xml
+++ b/docs/smbdotconf/security/encryptpasswords.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,23 @@
     will be negotiated with the client. Note that Windows NT 4.0 SP3 and 
     above and also Windows 98 will by default expect encrypted passwords 
     unless a registry entry is changed. To use encrypted passwords in 
-	Samba see the chapter "User Database" in the Samba HOWTO Collection. </para>
+    Samba see the chapter "User Database" in the Samba HOWTO Collection.
+    </para>
+
+    <para>
+    MS Windows clients that expect Microsoft encrypted passwords and that
+    do not have plain text password support enabled will be able to
+    connect only to a Samba server that has encypted password support
+    enabled and for which the user accounts have a valid encrypted password.
+    Refer to the smbpasswd command man page for information regarding the
+    creation of encrypted passwords for user accounts.
+    </para>
+
+    <para>
+    The use of plain text passwords is NOT advised as support for this feature
+    is no longer maintained in Microsoft Windows products. If you want to use
+    plain text passwords you must set this parameter to no.
+    </para>
 
     <para>In order for encrypted passwords to work correctly
     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>