From 8f8a9f01909ba29e2b781310baeeaaddc3f15f0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Gerald W. Carter" Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:09:40 -0500 Subject: Moving docs tree to docs-xml to make room for generated docs in the release tarball. (This used to be commit 9f672c26d63955f613088489c6efbdc08b5b2d14) --- docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/encryptpasswords.xml | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/encryptpasswords.xml (limited to 'docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/encryptpasswords.xml') diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/encryptpasswords.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/encryptpasswords.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1a631fd098 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/encryptpasswords.xml @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ + + + This boolean controls whether encrypted passwords + will be negotiated with the client. Note that Windows NT 4.0 SP3 and + above and also Windows 98 will by default expect encrypted passwords + unless a registry entry is changed. To use encrypted passwords in + Samba see the chapter "User Database" in the Samba HOWTO Collection. + + + + MS Windows clients that expect Microsoft encrypted passwords and that + do not have plain text password support enabled will be able to + connect only to a Samba server that has encrypted password support + enabled and for which the user accounts have a valid encrypted password. + Refer to the smbpasswd command man page for information regarding the + creation of encrypted passwords for user accounts. + + + + The use of plain text passwords is NOT advised as support for this feature + is no longer maintained in Microsoft Windows products. If you want to use + plain text passwords you must set this parameter to no. + + + In order for encrypted passwords to work correctly + smbd + 8 must either + have access to a local smbpasswd + 5 file (see the smbpasswd + 8 program for information on how to set up + and maintain this file), or set the [server|domain|ads] parameter which + causes smbd to authenticate against another + server. + +yes + -- cgit