From c8af938a0a7ec15c38076fc11d164f55737318f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gerald Carter
The smbpasswd program has several different - functions, depending on whether it is run by the rootroot user or not. When run as a normal user it allows the user to change the password used for their SMB sessions on any machines that store @@ -71,9 +70,8 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" CLASS="COMMAND" >smbpasswd differs from how the passwd program works - however in that it is not setuid rootsetuid root but works in a client-server mode and communicates with a locally running
smbpasswd can also be used by a normal user to change their SMB password on remote machines, such as Windows NT Primary Domain @@ -127,7 +125,7 @@ CLASS="VARIABLELIST" >
This option specifies that the username following should be added to the local smbpasswd file, with the - new password typed (type <Enter> for the old password). This + 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 @@ -303,9 +301,8 @@ CLASS="PARAMETER" copy of the user account database and will not allow the password change).
NoteNote that Windows 95/98 do not have a real password database so it is not possible to change passwords specifying a Win95/98 machine as remote machine target.
This specifies the username for all of the - root onlyroot 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 smbpasswd file. -- cgit