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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
-<html><head><title>smbpasswd</title>
+<html><head><title>smbpasswd (8)</title>
<link rev="made" href="mailto:samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au">
</head>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
<hr>
-<h1>smbpasswd</h1>
+<h1>smbpasswd (8)</h1>
<h2>Samba</h2>
<h2>23 Oct 1998</h2>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ user it allows the user to change the password used for their SMB
sessions on any machines that store SMB passwords.
<p><br>By default (when run with no arguments) it will attempt to change the
current users SMB password on the local machine. This is similar to
-the way the <strong>passwd (1)</strong> program works. <strong>smbpasswd</strong> differs from
+the way the <strong>passwd (1)</strong> program works. <strong>smbpasswd</strong> differs from how
the <strong>passwd</strong> program works however in that it is not <em>setuid root</em>
but works in a client-server mode and communicates with a locally
running <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a>. As a consequence in order for this
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ correctly. No passwords will be echoed on the screen whilst being
typed. If you have a blank smb password (specified by the string "NO
PASSWORD" in the <a href="smbpasswd.5.html"><strong>smbpasswd</strong></a> file) then just
press the &lt;Enter&gt; key when asked for your old password.
-<p><br><strong>smbpasswd</strong> also can be used by a normal user to change their SMB
+<p><br><strong>smbpasswd</strong> can also be used by a normal user to change their SMB
password on remote machines, such as Windows NT Primary Domain
Controllers. See the <a href="smbpasswd.8.html#minusr">(<strong>-r</strong>)</a> and
<a href="smbpasswd.8.html#minusU"><strong>-U</strong></a> options below.
<p><br>When run by root, <strong>smbpasswd</strong> allows new users to be added and
deleted in the <a href="smbpasswd.5.html"><strong>smbpasswd</strong></a> file, as well as
-changes to the attributes of the user in this file to be made. When
+allows changes to the attributes of the user in this file to be made. When
run by root, <strong>smbpasswd</strong> accesses the local
<a href="smbpasswd.5.html"><strong>smbpasswd</strong></a> file directly, thus enabling
changes to be made even if <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> is not running.
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ be added to the local <a href="smbpasswd.5.html"><strong>smbpasswd</strong></a>
the new password typed (type &lt;Enter&gt; for the old password). This
option is ignored if the username following already exists in the
<a href="smbpasswd.5.html"><strong>smbpasswd</strong></a> file and it is treated like a
-regular change password command. Note that the user to be added .B
-must already exist in the system password file (usually /etc/passwd)
+regular change password command. Note that the user to be added
+<strong>must</strong> already exist in the system password file (usually /etc/passwd)
else the request to add the user will fail.
<p><br>This option is only available when running <strong>smbpasswd</strong> as
root.
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ username.
specified must be the Primary Domain Controller for the domain (Backup
Domain Controllers only have a read-only copy of the user account
database and will not allow the password change).
+<p><br><em>Note</em> that Windows 95/98 do not have a real password database
+so it is not possible to change passwords specifying a Win95/98
+machine as remote machine target.
<p><br><a name="minusR"></a>
<li><strong><strong>-R name resolve order</strong></strong> This option allows the user of
smbclient to determine what name resolution services to use when
@@ -155,11 +158,12 @@ resolved as follows :
<p><br><a name="host"></a>
<li > <strong>host</strong> : Do a standard host name to IP address resolution,
using the system /etc/hosts, NIS, or DNS lookups. This method of name
-resolution is operating system depended for instance on IRIX or
-Solaris this may be controlled by the <em>/etc/nsswitch.conf</em> file).
+resolution is operating system dependent. For instance on IRIX or
+Solaris, this may be controlled by the <em>/etc/nsswitch.conf</em> file).
<p><br><a name="wins"></a>
-<li > <strong>wins</strong> : Query a name with the IP address listed in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#winsserver"><strong>wins
-server</strong></a> parameter in the smb.conf file. If
+<li > <strong>wins</strong> : Query a name with the IP address listed in the
+<a href="smb.conf.5.html#winsserver"><strong>wins server</strong></a> parameter in the
+<a href="smb.conf.5.html"><strong>smb.conf file</strong></a>. If
no WINS server has been specified this method will be ignored.
<p><br><a name="bcast"></a>
<li > <strong>bcast</strong> : Do a broadcast on each of the known local interfaces
@@ -168,7 +172,7 @@ in the smb.conf file. This is the least reliable of the name resolution
methods as it depends on the target host being on a locally connected
subnet.
<p><br></ul>
-<p><br>If this parameter is not set then the name resolver order defined
+<p><br>If this parameter is not set then the name resolve order defined
in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html"><strong>smb.conf</strong></a> file parameter
<a href="smb.conf.5.html#nameresolveorder"><strong>name resolve order</strong></a>
will be used.
@@ -202,7 +206,7 @@ Controller for the Domain (found in the
the machine account password used to create the secure Domain
communication. This password is then stored by <strong>smbpasswd</strong> in a
file, read only by root, called <code>&lt;Domain&gt;.&lt;Machine&gt;.mac</code> where
-<code>&lt;Domain&gt;</code> is the name of the Domain we are joining and tt&lt;Machine&gt;
+<code>&lt;Domain&gt;</code> is the name of the Domain we are joining and <code>&lt;Machine&gt;</code>
is the primary NetBIOS name of the machine we are running on.
<p><br>Once this operation has been performed the
<a href="smb.conf.5.html"><strong>smb.conf</strong></a> file may be updated to set the
@@ -224,19 +228,19 @@ different systems to change these passwords.
<li><strong><strong>-h</strong></strong> This option prints the help string for <strong>smbpasswd</strong>,
selecting the correct one for running as root or as an ordinary user.
<p><br><a name="minuss"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>-s</strong></strong> This option causes <strong>smbpasswd</strong> to be silent (ie. not
+<li><strong><strong>-s</strong></strong> This option causes <strong>smbpasswd</strong> to be silent (i.e. not
issue prompts) and to read it's old and new passwords from standard
input, rather than from <code>/dev/tty</code> (like the <strong>passwd (1)</strong> program
does). This option is to aid people writing scripts to drive <strong>smbpasswd</strong>
<p><br><a name="username"></a>
-dir(<strong>username</strong>) This specifies the username for all of the <em>root
+<li><strong><strong>username</strong></strong> This specifies the username for all of the <em>root
only</em> options to operate on. Only root can specify this parameter as
only root has the permission needed to modify attributes directly
in the local <a href="smbpasswd.5.html"><strong>smbpasswd</strong></a> file.
<p><br><a name="NOTES"></a>
<h2>NOTES</h2>
-<p><br>As <strong>smbpasswd</strong> works in client-server mode communicating with a
+<p><br>Since <strong>smbpasswd</strong> works in client-server mode communicating with a
local <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> for a non-root user then the <strong>smbd</strong>
daemon must be running for this to work. A common problem is to add a
restriction to the hosts that may access the <strong>smbd</strong> running on the