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Diffstat (limited to 'docs-xml/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-ServerType.xml')
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs-xml/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-ServerType.xml b/docs-xml/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-ServerType.xml index f0c07d2081..4d672c6dd1 100644 --- a/docs-xml/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-ServerType.xml +++ b/docs-xml/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-ServerType.xml @@ -494,7 +494,6 @@ when using clear-text authentication: <?latex \newpage ?> <smbconfblock> -<smbconfoption name="password level"><replaceable>integer</replaceable></smbconfoption> <smbconfoption name="username level"><replaceable>integer</replaceable></smbconfoption> </smbconfblock> @@ -509,11 +508,7 @@ is rarely needed. <indexterm><primary>clear-text</primary></indexterm> However, passwords on UNIX systems often make use of mixed-case characters. This means that in order for a user on a Windows 9x/Me client to connect to a Samba server using clear-text authentication, the -<smbconfoption name="password level"/> must be set to the maximum number of uppercase letters that -<emphasis>could</emphasis> appear in a password. Note that if the Server OS uses the traditional DES version -of crypt(), a <smbconfoption name="password level"/> of 8 will result in case-insensitive passwords as seen -from Windows users. This will also result in longer login times because Samba has to compute the permutations -of the password string and try them one by one until a match is located (or all combinations fail). +password must be in lower case. </para> <para> |