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diff --git a/docs/htmldocs/smbpasswd.8.html b/docs/htmldocs/smbpasswd.8.html deleted file mode 100644 index d1fe572c35..0000000000 --- a/docs/htmldocs/smbpasswd.8.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,160 +0,0 @@ -<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 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"><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"><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 - whilst being typed. If you have a blank SMB password (specified by - 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 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 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 - following should be added to the local smbpasswd file, with the - new password typed (type <Enter> for the old password). This - option is ignored if the username following already exists in - 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 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 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"><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 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 class="command"> - smbpasswd</b> will FAIL to enable the account. - 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 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 - critical errors and serious warnings will be logged. </p><p>Levels above 1 will generate considerable amounts of log - data, and should only be used when investigating a problem. Levels - above 3 are designed for use only by developers and generate - HUGE amounts of log data, most of which is extremely cryptic. - </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-n</span></dt><dd><p>This option specifies that the username following - should have their password set to null (i.e. a blank password) in - the local smbpasswd file. This is done by writing the string "NO - PASSWORD" as the first part of the first password stored in the - 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 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 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 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 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 - the domain (Backup Domain Controllers only have a read-only - copy of the user account database and will not allow the password - change).</p><p><span class="emphasis"><em>Note</em></span> 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></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 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"><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 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 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 class="constant">bcast</tt>: Do a broadcast on - each of the known local interfaces listed in the - <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 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 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 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 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 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 class="indexterm" name="id2802390"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>ldap admin dn</tt></i>. Note that the password is stored in - 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 - being changed is an interdomain trust account. Currently this is used - when Samba is being used as an NT Primary Domain Controller. - The account contains the info about another trusted domain.</p><p>This option is only available when running smbpasswd as root. - </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-L</span></dt><dd><p>Run in local mode.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">username</span></dt><dd><p>This specifies the username for all of the - <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 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 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. </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. - The man page sources were converted to YODL format (another - excellent piece of Open Source software, available at <ulink url="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/"> - ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</ulink>) and updated for the Samba 2.0 - release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for - Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook XML 4.2 - for Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.</p></div></div></body></html> |