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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/docbook/projdoc/Samba-PDC-HOWTO.sgml | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/docbook/projdoc/passdb.sgml | 31 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/docbook/projdoc/unicode.sgml | 2 |
3 files changed, 21 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/docs/docbook/projdoc/Samba-PDC-HOWTO.sgml b/docs/docbook/projdoc/Samba-PDC-HOWTO.sgml index 451ab02762..a0927ec888 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/projdoc/Samba-PDC-HOWTO.sgml +++ b/docs/docbook/projdoc/Samba-PDC-HOWTO.sgml @@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ for this including: file allows the creation of arbitrary user and machine accounts without requiring that account to be added to the system (/etc/passwd) file. It too requires the specification of the "non unix account range" option - in the [globals] section of the smb.conf file. + in the [globals] section of the &smb.conf; file. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> @@ -329,6 +329,9 @@ for this including: </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> +<para>Read the chapter about the <link linkend="passdb">User Database</link> +for details.</para> + <para> A Samba PDC, however, stores each machine trust account in two parts, as follows: @@ -418,7 +421,7 @@ as shown here: </para> <para> -<prompt>root# </prompt><command>smbpasswd -a -m <replaceable>machine_name</replaceable></command> +<prompt>root# </prompt><userinput>smbpasswd -a -m <replaceable>machine_name</replaceable></userinput> </para> <para> 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> diff --git a/docs/docbook/projdoc/unicode.sgml b/docs/docbook/projdoc/unicode.sgml index 4d1fac0150..d44e8ea291 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/projdoc/unicode.sgml +++ b/docs/docbook/projdoc/unicode.sgml @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ samba knows of three kinds of character sets: <term>unix charset</term> <listitem><para> This is the charset used internally by your operating system. - The default is <emphasis>ASCII</emphasis>, which is fine for most + The default is <constant>ASCII</constant>, which is fine for most systems. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> |