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diff --git a/docs/yodldocs/smbpasswd.8.yo b/docs/yodldocs/smbpasswd.8.yo index 3019baa24a..b32a65a129 100644 --- a/docs/yodldocs/smbpasswd.8.yo +++ b/docs/yodldocs/smbpasswd.8.yo @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ mailto(samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au) -manpage(smbpasswd)(8)(23 Oct 1998)(Samba)(SAMBA) +manpage(smbpasswd htmlcommand((8)))(8)(23 Oct 1998)(Samba)(SAMBA) label(NAME) manpagename(smbpasswd)(change a users SMB password) @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ sessions on any machines that store SMB passwords. 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 bf(passwd (1)) program works. bf(smbpasswd) differs from +the way the bf(passwd (1)) program works. bf(smbpasswd) differs from how the bf(passwd) program works however in that it is not em(setuid root) but works in a client-server mode and communicates with a locally running url(bf(smbd))(smbd.8.html). As a consequence in order for this @@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ typed. If you have a blank smb password (specified by the string "NO PASSWORD" in the url(bf(smbpasswd))(smbpasswd.5.html) file) then just press the <Enter> key when asked for your old password. -bf(smbpasswd) also can be used by a normal user to change their SMB +bf(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 link((bf(-r)))(minusr) and link(bf(-U))(minusU) options below. When run by root, bf(smbpasswd) allows new users to be added and deleted in the url(bf(smbpasswd))(smbpasswd.5.html) 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, bf(smbpasswd) accesses the local url(bf(smbpasswd))(smbpasswd.5.html) file directly, thus enabling changes to be made even if url(bf(smbd))(smbd.8.html) is not running. @@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ be added to the local url(bf(smbpasswd))(smbpasswd.5.html) file, with the new password typed (type <Enter> for the old password). This option is ignored if the username following already exists in the url(bf(smbpasswd))(smbpasswd.5.html) 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 +bf(must) already exist in the system password file (usually /etc/passwd) else the request to add the user will fail. This option is only available when running bf(smbpasswd) as @@ -173,12 +173,13 @@ it() bf(lmhosts) : Lookup an IP address in the Samba lmhosts file. label(host) it() bf(host) : 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) file). +resolution is operating system dependent. For instance on IRIX or +Solaris, this may be controlled by the em(/etc/nsswitch.conf) file). label(wins) -it() bf(wins) : Query a name with the IP address listed in the url(bf(wins -server))(smb.conf.5.html#winsserver) parameter in the smb.conf file. If +it() bf(wins) : Query a name with the IP address listed in the +url(bf(wins server))(smb.conf.5.html#winsserver) parameter in the +url(bf(smb.conf file))(smb.conf.5.html). If no WINS server has been specified this method will be ignored. label(bcast) @@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ subnet. endit() -If this parameter is not set then the name resolver order defined +If this parameter is not set then the name resolve order defined in the url(bf(smb.conf))(smb.conf.5.html) file parameter url(bf(name resolve order))(smb.conf.5.html#nameresolveorder) will be used. @@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ url(bf(password server))(smb.conf.5.html#passwordserver) and change the machine account password used to create the secure Domain communication. This password is then stored by bf(smbpasswd) in a file, read only by root, called tt(<Domain>.<Machine>.mac) where -tt(<Domain>) is the name of the Domain we are joining and tt<Machine> +tt(<Domain>) is the name of the Domain we are joining and tt(<Machine>) is the primary NetBIOS name of the machine we are running on. Once this operation has been performed the @@ -258,13 +259,13 @@ dit(bf(-h)) This option prints the help string for bf(smbpasswd), selecting the correct one for running as root or as an ordinary user. label(minuss) -dit(bf(-s)) This option causes bf(smbpasswd) to be silent (ie. not +dit(bf(-s)) This option causes bf(smbpasswd) to be silent (i.e. not issue prompts) and to read it's old and new passwords from standard input, rather than from tt(/dev/tty) (like the bf(passwd (1)) program does). This option is to aid people writing scripts to drive bf(smbpasswd) label(username) -dir(bf(username)) This specifies the username for all of the em(root +dit(bf(username)) This specifies the username for all of the em(root only) options to operate on. Only root can specify this parameter as only root has the permission needed to modify attributes directly in the local url(bf(smbpasswd))(smbpasswd.5.html) file. @@ -272,7 +273,7 @@ in the local url(bf(smbpasswd))(smbpasswd.5.html) file. label(NOTES) manpagesection(NOTES) -As bf(smbpasswd) works in client-server mode communicating with a +Since bf(smbpasswd) works in client-server mode communicating with a local url(bf(smbd))(smbd.8.html) for a non-root user then the bf(smbd) daemon must be running for this to work. A common problem is to add a restriction to the hosts that may access the bf(smbd) running on the |