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diff --git a/docs/manpages/smbpasswd.8 b/docs/manpages/smbpasswd.8 index b5d50f6d12..f589865e78 100644 --- a/docs/manpages/smbpasswd.8 +++ b/docs/manpages/smbpasswd.8 @@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ .\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/hacks/docbook2X/> .\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches, .\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>. -.TH "SMBPASSWD" "8" "24 April 2001" "" "" +.TH "SMBPASSWD" "8" "10 October 2001" "" "" .SH NAME -smbpasswd \- change a users SMB password +smbpasswd \- change a user's SMB password .SH SYNOPSIS .sp -\fBsmbpasswd\fR [ \fB-a\fR ] [ \fB-x\fR ] [ \fB-d\fR ] [ \fB-e\fR ] [ \fB-D debuglevel\fR ] [ \fB-n\fR ] [ \fB-r <remote machine>\fR ] [ \fB-R <name resolve order>\fR ] [ \fB-m\fR ] [ \fB-j DOMAIN\fR ] [ \fB-U username\fR ] [ \fB-h\fR ] [ \fB-s\fR ] [ \fBusername\fR ] +\fBsmbpasswd\fR [ \fB-a\fR ] [ \fB-x\fR ] [ \fB-d\fR ] [ \fB-e\fR ] [ \fB-D debuglevel\fR ] [ \fB-n\fR ] [ \fB-r <remote machine>\fR ] [ \fB-R <name resolve order>\fR ] [ \fB-m\fR ] [ \fB-j DOMAIN\fR ] [ \fB-U username[%password]\fR ] [ \fB-h\fR ] [ \fB-s\fR ] [ \fBusername\fR ] .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP This tool is part of the Sambasuite. @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ the password used for their SMB sessions on any machines that store SMB passwords. .PP By default (when run with no arguments) it will attempt to -change the current users SMB password on the local machine. This is +change the current user's SMB password on the local machine. This is similar to the way the \fBpasswd(1)\fR program works. \fBsmbpasswd\fR differs from how the passwd program works however in that it is not \fBsetuid root\fR but works in @@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ UNIX machine the encrypted SMB passwords are usually stored in the \fIsmbpasswd(5)\fR file. .PP When run by an ordinary user with no options. smbpasswd -will prompt them for their old smb password and then ask them +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 +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. .PP @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ is done all attempts to authenticate via SMB using this username will fail. If the smbpasswd file is in the 'old' format (pre-Samba 2.0 -format) there is no space in the users password entry to write +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 \fBsmbpasswd(5) \fRfor details on the 'old' and new password file formats. @@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ or as an ordinary user. .TP \fB-s\fR This option causes smbpasswd to be silent (i.e. -not issue prompts) and to read it's old and new passwords from +not issue prompts) and to read its old and new passwords from standard input, rather than from \fI/dev/tty\fR (like the \fBpasswd(1)\fR program does). This option is to aid people writing scripts to drive smbpasswd @@ -285,7 +285,8 @@ the Samba suite. .SH "SEE ALSO" .PP \fIsmbpasswd(5)\fR, -samba(7).SH "AUTHOR" +samba(7) +.SH "AUTHOR" .PP The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed |