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diff --git a/docs/htmldocs/smbpasswd.8.html b/docs/htmldocs/smbpasswd.8.html index 066004be21..6bfd8cdb44 100644 --- a/docs/htmldocs/smbpasswd.8.html +++ b/docs/htmldocs/smbpasswd.8.html @@ -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 <Enter> 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 <Enter> 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><Domain>.<Machine>.mac</code> where -<code><Domain></code> is the name of the Domain we are joining and tt<Machine> +<code><Domain></code> is the name of the Domain we are joining and <code><Machine></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 |