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@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@
for security implications. Note that by default <parameter moreinfo="none">unix
password sync</parameter> is set to <constant>no</constant>.</para>
+ <para>Not that this program is only invoked when a password change is
+ done via the smbd program, not when smbpasswd is used locally as root to
+ change a password. This means that you cannot run "smbpasswd USERNAME" as
+ root on the SMB server in order to test this parameter, but should run the
+ command "smbpasswd -r SMBMACHINE" as a non-root user instead if you want
+ to test the invocation of this program.</para>
+
<para>See also <link linkend="UNIXPASSWORDSYNC"><parameter moreinfo="none">unix
password sync</parameter></link>.</para>