From ab39da9878815d584bc716f29e87ec9da165c5c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jelmer Vernooij Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 16:35:20 +0000 Subject: Some small updates (This used to be commit 10a97c22637ce5320b4d30d7724d200d25fbfd25) --- docs/docbook/projdoc/passdb.sgml | 15 ++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/docbook/projdoc/passdb.sgml b/docs/docbook/projdoc/passdb.sgml index 7f59cac7f3..e058439388 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/projdoc/passdb.sgml +++ b/docs/docbook/projdoc/passdb.sgml @@ -46,8 +46,12 @@ These passwords can't be converted to unix style encrypted passwords. Because of that you can't use the standard unix user database, and you have to store the Lanman and NT hashes - somewhere else. For more information, see the documentation - about the passdb backend = parameter. + somewhere else. Also, windows stores some data for each user + that is not stored by unix. Thus, samba has it's own user database. + This user database is maintained by a "passdb backend". Commonly + available backends are LDAP, plain text file, MySQL and nisplus. + For more information, see the documentation about the + passdb backend = parameter. @@ -150,7 +154,7 @@ in the smbpasswd file. If you wish to make it similar to the unix passwd or yppasswd programs, install it in /usr/local/samba/bin/ (or your - main Samba binary directory). + main Samba binary directory). FIXME smbpasswd now works in a client-server mode where it contacts the local smbd to change the user's password on its @@ -199,6 +203,11 @@ FIXME --> + +Plain text +FIXME + + LDAP -- cgit