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Jan 15, 2010, 8:21:06 AM (16 years ago)
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Herwig Bauernfeind
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Update Samba 3.3 to 3.3.10 (docs)

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    9 .TH "SMBPASSWD" "8" "10/12/2009" "Samba 3\&.3" "System Administration tools"
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     10.TH "SMBPASSWD" "8" "01/14/2010" "Samba 3\&.3" "System Administration tools"
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    169 .SH "Name"
     21.SH "NAME"
    17022smbpasswd \- change a user\'s SMB password
    171 .SH "Synopsis"
    172 .fam C
     23.SH "SYNOPSIS"
    17324.HP \w'\ 'u
    174 \FCsmbpasswd\F[] [\-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]
    175 .fam
     25smbpasswd [\-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]
    17626.SH "DESCRIPTION"
    17727.PP
     
    18535.PP
    18636By default (when run with no arguments) it will attempt to change the current user\'s SMB password on the local machine\&. This is similar to the way the
    187 \FCpasswd(1)\F[]
     37passwd(1)
    18838program works\&.
    189 \FC smbpasswd\F[]
     39smbpasswd
    19040differs from how the passwd program works however in that it is not
    19141\fIsetuid root\fR
     
    20252.PP
    20353When run by root, smbpasswd allows new users to be added and deleted in the smbpasswd file, as well as allows changes to the attributes of the user in this file to be made\&. When run by root,
    204 \FC smbpasswd\F[]
     54smbpasswd
    20555accesses the local smbpasswd file directly, thus enabling changes to be made even if smbd is not running\&.
    20656.SH "OPTIONS"
     
    20959.RS 4
    21060This 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 default passdb backends require the user to already exist in the system password file (usually
    211 \FC/etc/passwd\F[]), else the request to add the user will fail\&.
     61/etc/passwd), else the request to add the user will fail\&.
    21262.sp
    21363This option is only available when running smbpasswd as root\&.
     
    21767.RS 4
    21868This option can be used to specify the path and file name of the
    219 \FCsmb\&.conf\F[]
     69smb\&.conf
    22070configuration file when it is important to use other than the default file and / or location\&.
    22171.RE
     
    250100.sp
    251101If the smbpasswd file is in the \'old\' format, then
    252 \FC smbpasswd\F[]
     102smbpasswd
    253103will FAIL to enable the account\&. See
    254104\fBsmbpasswd\fR(5)
     
    273123.sp
    274124Note that to allow users to logon to a Samba server once the password has been set to "NO PASSWORD" in the smbpasswd file the administrator must set the following parameter in the [global] section of the
    275 \FCsmb\&.conf\F[]
     125smb\&.conf
    276126file :
    277127.sp
    278 \FCnull passwords = yes\F[]
     128null passwords = yes
    279129.sp
    280130This option is only available when running smbpasswd as root\&.
     
    327177.\}
    328178\fBhost\fR: Do a standard host name to IP address resolution, using the system
    329 \FC/etc/hosts \F[], 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
    330 \FC/etc/nsswitch\&.conf\F[]
     179/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
     180/etc/nsswitch\&.conf
    331181file)\&. Note that this method is only used if the NetBIOS name type being queried is the 0x20 (server) name type, otherwise it is ignored\&.
    332182.RE
     
    359209.RE
    360210The default order is
    361 \FClmhosts, host, wins, bcast\F[]
     211lmhosts, host, wins, bcast
    362212and without this parameter or any entry in the
    363213\fBsmb.conf\fR(5)
     
    382232.RS 4
    383233This option prints the help string for
    384 \FC smbpasswd\F[], selecting the correct one for running as root or as an ordinary user\&.
     234smbpasswd, selecting the correct one for running as root or as an ordinary user\&.
    385235.RE
    386236.PP
     
    388238.RS 4
    389239This option causes smbpasswd to be silent (i\&.e\&. not issue prompts) and to read its old and new passwords from standard input, rather than from
    390 \FC/dev/tty\F[]
     240/dev/tty
    391241(like the
    392 \FCpasswd(1)\F[]
     242passwd(1)
    393243program does)\&. This option is to aid people writing scripts to drive smbpasswd
    394244.RE
     
    400250switch is used to specify the password to be used with the
    401251\m[blue]\fBldap admin dn\fR\m[]\&. Note that the password is stored in the
    402 \FCsecrets\&.tdb\F[]
     252secrets\&.tdb
    403253and is keyed off of the admin\'s DN\&. This means that if the value of
    404254\fIldap admin dn\fR
     
    408258\-W
    409259.RS 4
    410 \FCNOTE: \F[]
     260NOTE:
    411261This option is same as "\-w" except that the password should be entered using stdin\&.
    412262.sp
     
    415265switch is used to specify the password to be used with the
    416266\m[blue]\fBldap admin dn\fR\m[]\&. Note that the password is stored in the
    417 \FCsecrets\&.tdb\F[]
     267secrets\&.tdb
    418268and is keyed off of the admin\'s DN\&. This means that if the value of
    419269\fIldap admin dn\fR
     
    442292.PP
    443293Since
    444 \FCsmbpasswd\F[]
     294smbpasswd
    445295works 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
    446 \FC smbd\F[]
     296smbd
    447297running on the local machine by specifying either
    448298\fIallow hosts\fR
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