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diff --git a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passwdchat.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passwdchat.xml deleted file mode 100644 index fcefd8f8df..0000000000 --- a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passwdchat.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,62 +0,0 @@ -<samba:parameter name="passwd chat" - context="G" - advanced="1" developer="1" - xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common"> -<listitem> - <para>This string controls the <emphasis>"chat"</emphasis> - conversation that takes places between <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> and the local password changing - program to change the user's password. The string describes a - sequence of response-receive pairs that <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> uses to determine what to send to the - <link linkend="PASSWDPROGRAM"><parameter moreinfo="none">passwd program</parameter> - </link> and what to expect back. If the expected output is not - received then the password is not changed.</para> - - <para>This chat sequence is often quite site specific, depending - on what local methods are used for password control (such as NIS - etc).</para> - - <para>Note that this parameter only is only used if the <link - linkend="UNIXPASSWORDSYNC"> <parameter moreinfo="none">unix password sync</parameter> - </link> parameter is set to <constant>yes</constant>. This sequence is - then called <emphasis>AS ROOT</emphasis> when the SMB password in the - smbpasswd file is being changed, without access to the old password - cleartext. This means that root must be able to reset the user's password without - knowing the text of the previous password. In the presence of - NIS/YP, this means that the <link linkend="PASSWDPROGRAM">passwd program</link> must - be executed on the NIS master. - </para> - - - <para>The string can contain the macro <parameter moreinfo="none">%n</parameter> which is substituted - for the new password. The chat sequence can also contain the standard - macros <constant>\\n</constant>, <constant>\\r</constant>, <constant>\\t</constant> and <constant>\\s</constant> to - give line-feed, carriage-return, tab and space. The chat sequence string can also contain - a '*' which matches any sequence of characters. Double quotes can be used to collect strings with spaces - in them into a single string.</para> - - <para>If the send string in any part of the chat sequence is a full - stop ".", then no string is sent. Similarly, if the - expect string is a full stop then no string is expected.</para> - - <para>If the <link linkend="PAMPASSWORDCHANGE"><parameter moreinfo="none">pam - password change</parameter></link> parameter is set to <constant>yes</constant>, the chat pairs - may be matched in any order, and success is determined by the PAM result, - not any particular output. The \n macro is ignored for PAM conversions. - </para> - - <para>See also <link linkend="UNIXPASSWORDSYNC"><parameter moreinfo="none">unix password - sync</parameter></link>, <link linkend="PASSWDPROGRAM"><parameter moreinfo="none"> - passwd program</parameter></link> ,<link linkend="PASSWDCHATDEBUG"> - <parameter moreinfo="none">passwd chat debug</parameter></link> and <link linkend="PAMPASSWORDCHANGE"> - <parameter moreinfo="none">pam password change</parameter></link>.</para> - - <para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">passwd chat = *new*password* %n\\n - *new*password* %n\\n *changed*</command></para> - - <para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">passwd chat = "*Enter OLD password*" %o\\n - "*Enter NEW password*" %n\\n "*Reenter NEW password*" %n\\n - "*Password changed*"</command></para> -</listitem> -</samba:parameter> |