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diff --git a/docs/docbook/projdoc/passdb.sgml b/docs/docbook/projdoc/passdb.sgml index 362cf97064..d7b54a38e8 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/projdoc/passdb.sgml +++ b/docs/docbook/projdoc/passdb.sgml @@ -114,23 +114,22 @@ <member>Windows 200x Server/Advanced Server</member> <member>Windows XP Professional</member> </simplelist> - - <para><emphasis>Note :</emphasis>All current release of - Microsoft SMB/CIFS clients support authentication via the - SMB Challenge/Response mechanism described here. Enabling - clear text authentication does not disable the ability - of the client to participate in encrypted authentication.</para> - - - <para>MS Windows clients will cache the encrypted password alone. - Even when plain text passwords are re-enabled, through the appropriate - registry change, the plain text password is NEVER cached. This means that - in the event that a network connections should become disconnected (broken) - only the cached (encrypted) password will be sent to the resource server - to affect a auto-reconnect. If the resource server does not support encrypted - passwords the auto-reconnect will fail. <emphasis>USE OF ENCRYPTED PASSWORDS - IS STRONGLY ADVISED.</emphasis></para> </warning> + + <note><para>All current release of + Microsoft SMB/CIFS clients support authentication via the + SMB Challenge/Response mechanism described here. Enabling + clear text authentication does not disable the ability + of the client to participate in encrypted authentication.</para></note> + + <para>MS Windows clients will cache the encrypted password alone. + Even when plain text passwords are re-enabled, through the appropriate + registry change, the plain text password is NEVER cached. This means that + in the event that a network connections should become disconnected (broken) + only the cached (encrypted) password will be sent to the resource server + to affect a auto-reconnect. If the resource server does not support encrypted + passwords the auto-reconnect will fail. <emphasis>USE OF ENCRYPTED PASSWORDS + IS STRONGLY ADVISED.</emphasis></para> <sect2> <title>Advantages of SMB Encryption</title> |