From 24d327ba0fd0f6c9192bb77c4423d6864b5421e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bubulle Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:48:14 +0000 Subject: merge upstream 3.4.4~dfsg git-svn-id: svn://svn.debian.org/svn/pkg-samba/trunk/samba@3218 fc4039ab-9d04-0410-8cac-899223bdd6b0 --- docs/htmldocs/manpages/smbpasswd.8.html | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/htmldocs/manpages/smbpasswd.8.html') diff --git a/docs/htmldocs/manpages/smbpasswd.8.html b/docs/htmldocs/manpages/smbpasswd.8.html index bb9f39d5f6..bca2b0c36a 100644 --- a/docs/htmldocs/manpages/smbpasswd.8.html +++ b/docs/htmldocs/manpages/smbpasswd.8.html @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -smbpasswd

Name

smbpasswd — change a user's SMB password

Synopsis

smbpasswd [-a] [-c <config file>] [-x] [-d] [-e] [-D debuglevel] [-n] [-r <remote machine>] [-R <name resolve order>] [-m] [-U username[%password]] [-h] [-s] [-w pass] [-W] [-i] [-L] [username]

DESCRIPTION

This tool is part of the samba(7) suite.

The smbpasswd program has several different +smbpasswd

Name

smbpasswd — change a user's SMB password

Synopsis

smbpasswd [-a] [-c <config file>] [-x] [-d] [-e] [-D debuglevel] [-n] [-r <remote machine>] [-R <name resolve order>] [-m] [-U username[%password]] [-h] [-s] [-w pass] [-W] [-i] [-L] [username]

DESCRIPTION

This tool is part of the samba(7) suite.

The smbpasswd program has several different functions, depending on whether it is run by the root 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 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ the attributes of the user in this file to be made. When run by root, smbpasswd accesses the local smbpasswd file directly, thus enabling changes to be made even if smbd is not - running.

OPTIONS

-a

+ running.

OPTIONS

-a

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 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 @@ -92,20 +92,20 @@ specifying a Win95/98 machine as remote machine target.

-R name resolve order

This option allows the user of smbpasswd to determine what name resolution services to use when looking up the NetBIOS name of the host being connected to.

The options are :"lmhosts", "host", "wins" and "bcast". They - cause names to be resolved as follows:

  • lmhosts: Lookup an IP + cause names to be resolved as follows:

    • lmhosts: Lookup an IP address in the Samba lmhosts file. If the line in lmhosts has no name type attached to the NetBIOS name (see the lmhosts(5) for details) then - any name type matches for lookup.

    • host: Do a standard host + any name type matches for lookup.

    • 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 /etc/nsswitch.conf file). Note that this method is only used if the NetBIOS name type being queried is the 0x20 (server) name type, otherwise - it is ignored.

    • wins: Query a name with + it is ignored.

    • wins: Query a name with the IP address listed in the wins server parameter. If no WINS server has been specified this method - will be ignored.

    • bcast: Do a broadcast on + will be ignored.

    • bcast: Do a broadcast on each of the known local interfaces listed in the interfaces parameter. This is the least reliable of the name resolution methods as it depends on the @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ 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 smbpasswd file. -

NOTES

Since smbpasswd works in client-server +

NOTES

Since smbpasswd works in client-server mode communicating with a local smbd for a non-root user then the smbd daemon must be running for this to work. A common problem is to add a restriction to the hosts that may access the @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ hosts or deny hosts entry in the smb.conf(5) file and neglecting to allow "localhost" access to the smbd.

In addition, the smbpasswd command is only useful if Samba - has been set up to use encrypted passwords.

VERSION

This man page is correct for version 3 of the Samba suite.

SEE ALSO

smbpasswd(5), Samba(7).

AUTHOR

The original Samba software and related utilities + has been set up to use encrypted passwords.

VERSION

This man page is correct for version 3 of the Samba suite.

SEE ALSO

smbpasswd(5), Samba(7).

AUTHOR

The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.

The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. -- cgit v1.2.3