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diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/passwordlevel.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/passwordlevel.xml deleted file mode 100644 index eee838f65c..0000000000 --- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/passwordlevel.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,48 +0,0 @@ -<samba:parameter name="password level" - context="G" - type="integer" - advanced="1" developer="1" - xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> -<description> - <para>Some client/server combinations have difficulty - with mixed-case passwords. One offending client is Windows for - Workgroups, which for some reason forces passwords to upper - case when using the LANMAN1 protocol, but leaves them alone when - using COREPLUS! Another problem child is the Windows 95/98 - family of operating systems. These clients upper case clear - text passwords even when NT LM 0.12 selected by the protocol - negotiation request/response.</para> - - <para>This deprecated parameter defines the maximum number of characters - that may be upper case in passwords.</para> - - <para>For example, say the password given was "FRED". If <parameter moreinfo="none"> - password level</parameter> is set to 1, the following combinations - would be tried if "FRED" failed:</para> - - <para>"Fred", "fred", "fRed", "frEd","freD"</para> - - <para>If <parameter moreinfo="none">password level</parameter> was set to 2, - the following combinations would also be tried: </para> - - <para>"FRed", "FrEd", "FreD", "fREd", "fReD", "frED", ..</para> - - <para>And so on.</para> - - <para>The higher value this parameter is set to the more likely - it is that a mixed case password will be matched against a single - case password. However, you should be aware that use of this - parameter reduces security and increases the time taken to - process a new connection.</para> - - <para>A value of zero will cause only two attempts to be - made - the password as is and the password in all-lower case.</para> - - <para>This parameter is used only when using plain-text passwords. It is - not at all used when encrypted passwords as in use (that is the default - since samba-3.0.0). Use this only when <smbconfoption name="encrypt passwords">No</smbconfoption>.</para> -</description> - -<value type="default">0</value> -<value type="example">4</value> -</samba:parameter> |