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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/docs/textdocs/ENCRYPTION.txt b/docs/textdocs/ENCRYPTION.txt
index 69dd49b257..075a0d322e 100644
--- a/docs/textdocs/ENCRYPTION.txt
+++ b/docs/textdocs/ENCRYPTION.txt
@@ -269,27 +269,15 @@ This is a very brief description on how to setup samba to support
password encryption. More complete instructions will probably be added
later.
-1) get and compile the libdes libraries. the source is available from
-ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/libdes/
+1) compile and install samba as usual
-2) enable the encryption stuff in the Samba makefile, making sure you
-point it to the libdes library and include file (it needs des.h)
-The entries you need to uncomment are the four lines after the comment :-
-
-# This is for SMB encrypted (lanman) passwords.
-
-Note that you may have to change the variable DES_BASE to
-point at the place where you installed the DES library.
-
-3) compile and install samba as usual
-
-4) f your system can't compile the module getsmbpass.c then remove the
+2) if your system can't compile the module getsmbpass.c then remove the
-DSMBGETPASS define from the Makefile.
-5) enable encrypted passwords in smb.conf by adding the line
+3) enable encrypted passwords in smb.conf by adding the line
"encrypt passwords = yes" in the [global] section
-6) create the initial smbpasswd password file in the place you
+4) create the initial smbpasswd password file in the place you
specified in the Makefile. A simple way to do this based on your
existing Makefile (assuming it is in a reasonably standard format) is
like this:
@@ -324,27 +312,13 @@ If you wish, install the smbpasswd program as suid root.
chown root /usr/local/samba/bin/smbpasswd
chmod 4555 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbpasswd
-7) set the passwords for users using the smbpasswd command. For
+5) set the passwords for users using the smbpasswd command. For
example, as root you could do "smbpasswd tridge"
-8) try it out!
+6) try it out!
Note that you can test things using smbclient, as it also now supports
encryption.
-NOTE TO USA Sites that Mirror Samba
------------------------------------
-
-The DES library is considered a munition in the USA. Under US Law it is
-illegal to export this software, or to put it in a freely available ftp
-site.
-
-Please do not mirror the libdes directory from the site on
-samba.anu.edu.au
-
-Thank you,
-
-Jeremy Allison.
-
==============================================================================
Footnote: Please refer to WinNT.txt also