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index 1f862b6611..04fab30ed6 100644
--- a/docs/htmldocs/smbpasswd.5.html
+++ b/docs/htmldocs/smbpasswd.5.html
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<HTML
><HEAD
><TITLE
>smbpasswd</TITLE
><META
NAME="GENERATOR"
-CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.57"></HEAD
+CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.77"></HEAD
><BODY
CLASS="REFENTRY"
BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
@@ -15,8 +16,8 @@ ALINK="#0000FF"
><H1
><A
NAME="SMBPASSWD"
->smbpasswd</A
-></H1
+></A
+>smbpasswd</H1
><DIV
CLASS="REFNAMEDIV"
><A
@@ -118,17 +119,29 @@ CLASS="CONSTANT"
> and the user will not be able to
log onto the Samba server. </P
><P
-><EM
->WARNING !!</EM
+><SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
+CLASS="EMPHASIS"
+>WARNING !!</I
+></SPAN
> Note that, due to
the challenge-response nature of the SMB/CIFS authentication
protocol, anyone with a knowledge of this password hash will
be able to impersonate the user on the network. For this
- reason these hashes are known as <EM
+ reason these hashes are known as <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
+CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>plain text
- equivalents</EM
-> and must <EM
->NOT</EM
+ equivalents</I
+></SPAN
+> and must <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
+CLASS="EMPHASIS"
+>NOT</I
+></SPAN
> be made
available to anyone but the root user. To protect these passwords
the smbpasswd file is placed in a directory with read and
@@ -153,17 +166,29 @@ CLASS="CONSTANT"
password this entry will be identical (i.e. the password is
not "salted" as the UNIX password is). </P
><P
-><EM
->WARNING !!</EM
+><SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
+CLASS="EMPHASIS"
+>WARNING !!</I
+></SPAN
>. Note that, due to
the challenge-response nature of the SMB/CIFS authentication
protocol, anyone with a knowledge of this password hash will
be able to impersonate the user on the network. For this
- reason these hashes are known as <EM
+ reason these hashes are known as <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
+CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>plain text
- equivalents</EM
-> and must <EM
->NOT</EM
+ equivalents</I
+></SPAN
+> and must <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
+CLASS="EMPHASIS"
+>NOT</I
+></SPAN
> be made
available to anyone but the root user. To protect these passwords
the smbpasswd file is placed in a directory with read and
@@ -186,8 +211,12 @@ CLASS="CONSTANT"
><UL
><LI
><P
-><EM
->U</EM
+><SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
+CLASS="EMPHASIS"
+>U</I
+></SPAN
> - This means
this is a "User" account, i.e. an ordinary user. Only User
and Workstation Trust accounts are currently supported
@@ -195,8 +224,12 @@ CLASS="CONSTANT"
></LI
><LI
><P
-><EM
->N</EM
+><SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
+CLASS="EMPHASIS"
+>N</I
+></SPAN
> - This means the
account has no password (the passwords in the fields LANMAN
Password Hash and NT Password Hash are ignored). Note that this
@@ -217,16 +250,24 @@ CLASS="FILENAME"
></LI
><LI
><P
-><EM
->D</EM
+><SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
+CLASS="EMPHASIS"
+>D</I
+></SPAN
> - This means the account
is disabled and no SMB/CIFS logins will be allowed for
this user. </P
></LI
><LI
><P
-><EM
->W</EM
+><SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
+CLASS="EMPHASIS"
+>W</I
+></SPAN
> - This means this account
is a "Workstation Trust" account. This kind of account is used
in the Samba PDC code stream to allow Windows NT Workstations