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-<samba:parameter xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
- <term><anchor id="PASSWORDLEVEL"/>password level (G)</term>
- <listitem><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 parameter defines the maximum number of characters
- that may be upper case in passwords.</para>
-
- <para>For example, say the password given was &quot;FRED&quot;. If <parameter moreinfo="none">
- password level</parameter> is set to 1, the following combinations
- would be tried if &quot;FRED&quot; failed:</para>
-
- <para>&quot;Fred&quot;, &quot;fred&quot;, &quot;fRed&quot;, &quot;frEd&quot;,&quot;freD&quot;</para>
-
- <para>If <parameter moreinfo="none">password level</parameter> was set to 2,
- the following combinations would also be tried: </para>
-
- <para>&quot;FRed&quot;, &quot;FrEd&quot;, &quot;FreD&quot;, &quot;fREd&quot;, &quot;fReD&quot;, &quot;frED&quot;, ..</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>Default: <command moreinfo="none">password level = 0</command></para>
- <para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">password level = 4</command></para>
- </listitem>
- </samba:parameter>
+<samba:parameter name="password level"
+ context="G"
+ advanced="1" developer="1"
+ xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
+<listitem>
+ <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 parameter defines the maximum number of characters
+ that may be upper case in passwords.</para>
+
+ <para>For example, say the password given was &quot;FRED&quot;. If <parameter moreinfo="none">
+ password level</parameter> is set to 1, the following combinations
+ would be tried if &quot;FRED&quot; failed:</para>
+
+ <para>&quot;Fred&quot;, &quot;fred&quot;, &quot;fRed&quot;, &quot;frEd&quot;,&quot;freD&quot;</para>
+
+ <para>If <parameter moreinfo="none">password level</parameter> was set to 2,
+ the following combinations would also be tried: </para>
+
+ <para>&quot;FRed&quot;, &quot;FrEd&quot;, &quot;FreD&quot;, &quot;fREd&quot;, &quot;fReD&quot;, &quot;frED&quot;, ..</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>Default: <command moreinfo="none">password level = 0</command></para>
+
+ <para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">password level = 4</command></para>
+</listitem>
+</samba:parameter>