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diff --git a/docs/htmldocs/smbpasswd.8.html b/docs/htmldocs/smbpasswd.8.html index 44a1089e13..7612fdd775 100644 --- a/docs/htmldocs/smbpasswd.8.html +++ b/docs/htmldocs/smbpasswd.8.html @@ -1,17 +1,17 @@ -<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>smbpasswd</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.59.1"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en"><a name="smbpasswd.8"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>smbpasswd — change a user's SMB password</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><tt>smbpasswd</tt> [-a] [-x] [-d] [-e] [-D debuglevel] [-n] [-r <remote machine>] [-R <name resolve order>] [-m] [-U username[%password]] [-h] [-s] [-w pass] [-i] [-L] [username]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p>This tool is part of the <a href="Samba.7.html">Samba(7)</a> suite.</p><p>The smbpasswd program has several different +<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>smbpasswd</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.60.1"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en"><a name="smbpasswd.8"></a><div class="titlepage"><div></div><div></div></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>smbpasswd — change a user's SMB password</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><tt class="command">smbpasswd</tt> [-a] [-x] [-d] [-e] [-D debuglevel] [-n] [-r <remote machine>] [-R <name resolve order>] [-m] [-U username[%password]] [-h] [-s] [-w pass] [-i] [-L] [username]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p>This tool is part of the <a href="Samba.7.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">Samba</span>(7)</span></a> suite.</p><p>The smbpasswd program has several different functions, depending on whether it is run by the <span class="emphasis"><em>root</em></span> user or not. When run as a normal user it allows the user to change the password used for their SMB sessions on any machines that store SMB passwords. </p><p>By default (when run with no arguments) it will attempt to change the current user's SMB password on the local machine. This is - similar to the way the <b>passwd(1)</b> program works. <b> + similar to the way the <b class="command">passwd(1)</b> program works. <b class="command"> smbpasswd</b> differs from how the passwd program works however in that it is not <span class="emphasis"><em>setuid root</em></span> but works in a client-server mode and communicates with a - locally running <a href="smbd.8.html">smbd(8)</a>. As a consequence in order for this to + locally running <a href="smbd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbd</span>(8)</span></a>. As a consequence in order for this to succeed the smbd daemon must be running on the local machine. On a UNIX machine the encrypted SMB passwords are usually stored in - the <a href="smbpasswd.5.html">smbpasswd(5)</a> file. </p><p>When run by an ordinary user with no options, smbpasswd + the <a href="smbpasswd.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbpasswd</span>(5)</span></a> file. </p><p>When run by an ordinary user with no options, smbpasswd will prompt them for their old SMB password and then ask them for their new password twice, to ensure that the new password was typed correctly. No passwords will be echoed on the screen @@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ the string "NO PASSWORD" in the smbpasswd file) then just press the <Enter> key when asked for your old password. </p><p>smbpasswd 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 (<i><tt>-r</tt></i>) and <i><tt>-U</tt></i> options + Controllers. See the (<i class="parameter"><tt>-r</tt></i>) and <i class="parameter"><tt>-U</tt></i> options below. </p><p>When run by root, smbpasswd allows new users to be added and deleted in the smbpasswd file, as well as allows changes to - the attributes of the user in this file to be made. When run by root, <b> + the attributes of the user in this file to be made. When run by root, <b class="command"> smbpasswd</b> accesses the local smbpasswd file directly, thus enabling changes to be made even if smbd is not running. </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>OPTIONS</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">-a</span></dt><dd><p>This option specifies that the username @@ -32,29 +32,29 @@ the smbpasswd file and it is treated like a regular change password command. Note that the default passdb backends require the user to already exist in the system password file (usually - <tt>/etc/passwd</tt>), else the request to add the + <tt class="filename">/etc/passwd</tt>), else the request to add the user will fail. </p><p>This option is only available when running smbpasswd as root. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-x</span></dt><dd><p>This option specifies that the username following should be deleted from the local smbpasswd file. </p><p>This option is only available when running smbpasswd as root.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-d</span></dt><dd><p>This option specifies that the username following - should be <tt>disabled</tt> in the local smbpasswd - file. This is done by writing a <tt>'D'</tt> flag + should be <tt class="constant">disabled</tt> in the local smbpasswd + file. This is done by writing a <tt class="constant">'D'</tt> flag into the account control space in the smbpasswd file. Once this is done all attempts to authenticate via SMB using this username will fail. </p><p>If the smbpasswd file is in the 'old' format (pre-Samba 2.0 format) there is no space in the user's password entry to write - this information and the command will FAIL. See <a href="smbpasswd.5.html">smbpasswd(5)</a> for details on the 'old' and new password file formats. + this information and the command will FAIL. See <a href="smbpasswd.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbpasswd</span>(5)</span></a> for details on the 'old' and new password file formats. </p><p>This option is only available when running smbpasswd as root.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-e</span></dt><dd><p>This option specifies that the username following - should be <tt>enabled</tt> in the local smbpasswd file, + should be <tt class="constant">enabled</tt> in the local smbpasswd file, if the account was previously disabled. If the account was not disabled this option has no effect. Once the account is enabled then - the user will be able to authenticate via SMB once again. </p><p>If the smbpasswd file is in the 'old' format, then <b> + the user will be able to authenticate via SMB once again. </p><p>If the smbpasswd file is in the 'old' format, then <b class="command"> smbpasswd</b> will FAIL to enable the account. - See <a href="smbpasswd.5.html">smbpasswd(5)</a> for + See <a href="smbpasswd.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbpasswd</span>(5)</span></a> for details on the 'old' and new password file formats. </p><p>This option is only available when running smbpasswd as root. - </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-D debuglevel</span></dt><dd><p><i><tt>debuglevel</tt></i> is an integer + </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-D debuglevel</span></dt><dd><p><i class="replaceable"><tt>debuglevel</tt></i> is an integer from 0 to 10. The default value if this parameter is not specified is zero. </p><p>The higher this value, the more detail will be logged to the log files about the activities of smbpasswd. At level 0, only @@ -69,17 +69,17 @@ smbpasswd file. </p><p>Note that to allow users to logon to a Samba server once the password has been set to "NO PASSWORD" in the smbpasswd file the administrator must set the following parameter in the [global] - section of the <tt>smb.conf</tt> file : </p><p><b>null passwords = yes</b></p><p>This option is only available when running smbpasswd as + section of the <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> file : </p><p><b class="command">null passwords = yes</b></p><p>This option is only available when running smbpasswd as root.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-r remote machine name</span></dt><dd><p>This option allows a user to specify what machine they wish to change their password on. Without this parameter - smbpasswd defaults to the local host. The <i><tt>remote + smbpasswd defaults to the local host. The <i class="replaceable"><tt>remote machine name</tt></i> is the NetBIOS name of the SMB/CIFS server to contact to attempt the password change. This name is resolved into an IP address using the standard name resolution - mechanism in all programs of the Samba suite. See the <i><tt>-R + mechanism in all programs of the Samba suite. See the <i class="parameter"><tt>-R name resolve order</tt></i> parameter for details on changing this resolving mechanism. </p><p>The username whose password is changed is that of the - current UNIX logged on user. See the <i><tt>-U username</tt></i> + current UNIX logged on user. See the <i class="parameter"><tt>-U username</tt></i> parameter for details on changing the password for a different username. </p><p>Note that if changing a Windows NT Domain password the remote machine specified must be the Primary Domain Controller for @@ -90,47 +90,47 @@ specifying a Win95/98 machine as remote machine target. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-R name resolve order</span></dt><dd><p>This option allows the user of smbpasswd to determine what name resolution services to use when looking up the NetBIOS name of the host being connected to. </p><p>The options are :"lmhosts", "host", "wins" and "bcast". They - cause names to be resolved as follows: </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p><tt>lmhosts</tt>: Lookup an IP + cause names to be resolved as follows: </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p><tt class="constant">lmhosts</tt>: Lookup an IP address in the Samba lmhosts file. If the line in lmhosts has - no name type attached to the NetBIOS name (see the <a href="lmhosts.5.html">lmhosts(5)</a> for details) then - any name type matches for lookup.</p></li><li><p><tt>host</tt>: Do a standard host - name to IP address resolution, using the system <tt>/etc/hosts + no name type attached to the NetBIOS name (see the <a href="lmhosts.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">lmhosts</span>(5)</span></a> for details) then + any name type matches for lookup.</p></li><li><p><tt class="constant">host</tt>: Do a standard host + name to IP address resolution, using the system <tt class="filename">/etc/hosts </tt>, 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 <tt>/etc/nsswitch.conf</tt> + may be controlled by the <tt class="filename">/etc/nsswitch.conf</tt> file). Note that this method is only used if the NetBIOS name type being queried is the 0x20 (server) name type, otherwise - it is ignored.</p></li><li><p><tt>wins</tt>: Query a name with - the IP address listed in the <i><tt>wins server</tt></i> + it is ignored.</p></li><li><p><tt class="constant">wins</tt>: Query a name with + the IP address listed in the <i class="parameter"><tt>wins server</tt></i> parameter. If no WINS server has been specified this method - will be ignored.</p></li><li><p><tt>bcast</tt>: Do a broadcast on + will be ignored.</p></li><li><p><tt class="constant">bcast</tt>: Do a broadcast on each of the known local interfaces listed in the - <i><tt>interfaces</tt></i> parameter. This is the least + <i class="parameter"><tt>interfaces</tt></i> parameter. This is the least reliable of the name resolution methods as it depends on the - target host being on a locally connected subnet.</p></li></ul></div><p>The default order is <b>lmhosts, host, wins, bcast</b> - and without this parameter or any entry in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html">smb.conf(5)</a> file the name resolution methods will + target host being on a locally connected subnet.</p></li></ul></div><p>The default order is <b class="command">lmhosts, host, wins, bcast</b> + and without this parameter or any entry in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smb.conf</span>(5)</span></a> file the name resolution methods will be attempted in this order. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-m</span></dt><dd><p>This option tells smbpasswd that the account being changed is a MACHINE account. Currently this is used when Samba is being used as an NT Primary Domain Controller.</p><p>This option is only available when running smbpasswd as root. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-U username</span></dt><dd><p>This option may only be used in conjunction - with the <i><tt>-r</tt></i> option. When changing + with the <i class="parameter"><tt>-r</tt></i> option. When changing a password on a remote machine it allows the user to specify the user name on that machine whose password will be changed. It is present to allow users who have different user names on - different systems to change these passwords. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-h</span></dt><dd><p>This option prints the help string for <b> + different systems to change these passwords. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-h</span></dt><dd><p>This option prints the help string for <b class="command"> smbpasswd</b>, selecting the correct one for running as root or as an ordinary user. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-s</span></dt><dd><p>This option causes smbpasswd to be silent (i.e. not issue prompts) and to read its old and new passwords from - standard input, rather than from <tt>/dev/tty</tt> - (like the <b>passwd(1)</b> program does). This option + standard input, rather than from <tt class="filename">/dev/tty</tt> + (like the <b class="command">passwd(1)</b> program does). This option is to aid people writing scripts to drive smbpasswd</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-w password</span></dt><dd><p>This parameter is only available if Samba has been configured to use the experimental - <b>--with-ldapsam</b> option. The <i><tt>-w</tt></i> + <b class="command">--with-ldapsam</b> option. The <i class="parameter"><tt>-w</tt></i> switch is used to specify the password to be used with the - <a href="smb.conf.5.html#LDAPADMINDN" target="_top"><i><tt>ldap admin + <a href="smb.conf.5.html#LDAPADMINDN" target="_top"><i class="parameter"><tt>ldap admin dn</tt></i></a>. Note that the password is stored in - the <tt>secrets.tdb</tt> and is keyed off - of the admin's DN. This means that if the value of <i><tt>ldap + the <tt class="filename">secrets.tdb</tt> and is keyed off + of the admin's DN. This means that if the value of <i class="parameter"><tt>ldap admin dn</tt></i> ever changes, the password will need to be manually updated as well. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-i</span></dt><dd><p>This option tells smbpasswd that the account @@ -141,17 +141,17 @@ <span class="emphasis"><em>root only</em></span> options to operate on. Only root can specify this parameter as only root has the permission needed to modify attributes directly in the local smbpasswd file. - </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>NOTES</h2><p>Since <b>smbpasswd</b> works in client-server + </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>NOTES</h2><p>Since <b class="command">smbpasswd</b> works in client-server mode communicating with a local smbd for a non-root user then the smbd daemon must be running for this to work. A common problem - is to add a restriction to the hosts that may access the <b> - smbd</b> running on the local machine by specifying either <i><tt>allow - hosts</tt></i> or <i><tt>deny hosts</tt></i> entry in - the <a href="smb.conf.5.html">smb.conf(5)</a> file and neglecting to + is to add a restriction to the hosts that may access the <b class="command"> + smbd</b> running on the local machine by specifying either <i class="parameter"><tt>allow + hosts</tt></i> or <i class="parameter"><tt>deny hosts</tt></i> entry in + the <a href="smb.conf.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smb.conf</span>(5)</span></a> file and neglecting to allow "localhost" access to the smbd. </p><p>In addition, the smbpasswd command is only useful if Samba has been set up to use encrypted passwords. See the document <a href="pwencrypt.html" target="_top"> "LanMan and NT Password Encryption in Samba"</a> in the docs directory for details - on how to do this. </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>VERSION</h2><p>This man page is correct for version 3.0 of the Samba suite.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>SEE ALSO</h2><p><a href="smbpasswd.5.html">smbpasswd(5)</a>, <a href="Samba.7.html">Samba(7)</a>.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>AUTHOR</h2><p>The original Samba software and related utilities + on how to do this. </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>VERSION</h2><p>This man page is correct for version 3.0 of the Samba suite.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>SEE ALSO</h2><p><a href="smbpasswd.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbpasswd</span>(5)</span></a>, <a href="Samba.7.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">Samba</span>(7)</span></a>.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>AUTHOR</h2><p>The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</p><p>The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. |