diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/htmldocs/smbpasswd.8.html')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/htmldocs/smbpasswd.8.html | 93 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 80 deletions
diff --git a/docs/htmldocs/smbpasswd.8.html b/docs/htmldocs/smbpasswd.8.html index c8f97c89d1..a8b39b37e5 100644 --- a/docs/htmldocs/smbpasswd.8.html +++ b/docs/htmldocs/smbpasswd.8.html @@ -128,12 +128,13 @@ CLASS="VARIABLELIST" 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 user to be added must already exist - in the system password file (usually <TT + 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 +>), else the request to add the + user will fail. </P ><P >This option is only available when running smbpasswd as root. </P @@ -168,8 +169,7 @@ CLASS="CONSTANT" ><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 so the user is disabled by writing 'X' characters - into the password space in the smbpasswd file. See <B + this information and the command will FAIL. See <B CLASS="COMMAND" >smbpasswd(5) </B @@ -195,15 +195,8 @@ CLASS="CONSTANT" >If the smbpasswd file is in the 'old' format, then <B CLASS="COMMAND" > smbpasswd</B -> will prompt for a new password for this user, - otherwise the account will be enabled by removing the <TT -CLASS="CONSTANT" ->'D' - </TT -> flag from account control space in the <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" -> smbpasswd</TT -> file. See <B +> will FAIL to enable the account. + See <B CLASS="COMMAND" >smbpasswd (5)</B > for @@ -410,66 +403,6 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" </P ></DD ><DT ->-j DOMAIN</DT -><DD -><P ->This option is used to add a Samba server - into a Windows NT Domain, as a Domain member capable of authenticating - user accounts to any Domain Controller in the same way as a Windows - NT Server. See the <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->security = domain</B -> option in - the <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" ->smb.conf(5)</TT -> man page. </P -><P ->In order to be used in this way, the Administrator for - the Windows NT Domain must have used the program "Server Manager - for Domains" to add the primary NetBIOS name of the Samba server - as a member of the Domain. </P -><P ->After this has been done, to join the Domain invoke <B -CLASS="COMMAND" -> smbpasswd</B -> with this parameter. smbpasswd will then - look up the Primary Domain Controller for the Domain (found in - the <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" ->smb.conf</TT -> file in the parameter - <TT -CLASS="PARAMETER" -><I ->password server</I -></TT -> and change the machine account - password used to create the secure Domain communication. This - password is then stored by smbpasswd in a TDB, writeable only by root, - called <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" ->secrets.tdb</TT -> </P -><P ->Once this operation has been performed the <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" -> smb.conf</TT -> file may be updated to set the <B -CLASS="COMMAND" -> security = domain</B -> option and all future logins - to the Samba server will be authenticated to the Windows NT - PDC. </P -><P ->Note that even though the authentication is being - done to the PDC all users accessing the Samba server must still - have a valid UNIX account on that machine. </P -><P ->This option is only available when running smbpasswd as root. - </P -></DD -><DT >-U username</DT ><DD ><P @@ -570,7 +503,7 @@ CLASS="PARAMETER" ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN182" +NAME="AEN163" ></A ><H2 >NOTES</H2 @@ -613,18 +546,18 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN192" +NAME="AEN173" ></A ><H2 >VERSION</H2 ><P ->This man page is correct for version 2.2 of +>This man page is correct for version 3.0 of the Samba suite.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN195" +NAME="AEN176" ></A ><H2 >SEE ALSO</H2 @@ -647,7 +580,7 @@ TARGET="_top" ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN201" +NAME="AEN182" ></A ><H2 >AUTHOR</H2 |