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Mar 1, 2010, 3:05:48 PM (15 years ago)
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Herwig Bauernfeind
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Update Samba 3.3.x to 3.3.11

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    21 .SH "NAME"
     169.SH "Name"
    22170smbpasswd \- change a user\'s SMB password
    23 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
     171.SH "Synopsis"
     172.fam C
    24173.HP \w'\ 'u
    25 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]
     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
    26176.SH "DESCRIPTION"
    27177.PP
     
    35185.PP
    36186By 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
    37 passwd(1)
     187\FCpasswd(1)\F[]
    38188program works\&.
    39 smbpasswd
     189\FC smbpasswd\F[]
    40190differs from how the passwd program works however in that it is not
    41191\fIsetuid root\fR
     
    52202.PP
    53203When 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,
    54 smbpasswd
     204\FC smbpasswd\F[]
    55205accesses the local smbpasswd file directly, thus enabling changes to be made even if smbd is not running\&.
    56206.SH "OPTIONS"
     
    59209.RS 4
    60210This 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
    61 /etc/passwd), else the request to add the user will fail\&.
     211\FC/etc/passwd\F[]), else the request to add the user will fail\&.
    62212.sp
    63213This option is only available when running smbpasswd as root\&.
     
    67217.RS 4
    68218This option can be used to specify the path and file name of the
    69 smb\&.conf
     219\FCsmb\&.conf\F[]
    70220configuration file when it is important to use other than the default file and / or location\&.
    71221.RE
     
    100250.sp
    101251If the smbpasswd file is in the \'old\' format, then
    102 smbpasswd
     252\FC smbpasswd\F[]
    103253will FAIL to enable the account\&. See
    104254\fBsmbpasswd\fR(5)
     
    123273.sp
    124274Note 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
    125 smb\&.conf
     275\FCsmb\&.conf\F[]
    126276file :
    127277.sp
    128 null passwords = yes
     278\FCnull passwords = yes\F[]
    129279.sp
    130280This option is only available when running smbpasswd as root\&.
     
    177327.\}
    178328\fBhost\fR: Do a standard host name to IP address resolution, using the system
    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
     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[]
    181331file)\&. Note that this method is only used if the NetBIOS name type being queried is the 0x20 (server) name type, otherwise it is ignored\&.
    182332.RE
     
    209359.RE
    210360The default order is
    211 lmhosts, host, wins, bcast
     361\FClmhosts, host, wins, bcast\F[]
    212362and without this parameter or any entry in the
    213363\fBsmb.conf\fR(5)
     
    232382.RS 4
    233383This option prints the help string for
    234 smbpasswd, selecting the correct one for running as root or as an ordinary user\&.
     384\FC smbpasswd\F[], selecting the correct one for running as root or as an ordinary user\&.
    235385.RE
    236386.PP
     
    238388.RS 4
    239389This 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
    240 /dev/tty
     390\FC/dev/tty\F[]
    241391(like the
    242 passwd(1)
     392\FCpasswd(1)\F[]
    243393program does)\&. This option is to aid people writing scripts to drive smbpasswd
    244394.RE
     
    250400switch is used to specify the password to be used with the
    251401\m[blue]\fBldap admin dn\fR\m[]\&. Note that the password is stored in the
    252 secrets\&.tdb
     402\FCsecrets\&.tdb\F[]
    253403and is keyed off of the admin\'s DN\&. This means that if the value of
    254404\fIldap admin dn\fR
     
    258408\-W
    259409.RS 4
    260 NOTE:
     410\FCNOTE: \F[]
    261411This option is same as "\-w" except that the password should be entered using stdin\&.
    262412.sp
     
    265415switch is used to specify the password to be used with the
    266416\m[blue]\fBldap admin dn\fR\m[]\&. Note that the password is stored in the
    267 secrets\&.tdb
     417\FCsecrets\&.tdb\F[]
    268418and is keyed off of the admin\'s DN\&. This means that if the value of
    269419\fIldap admin dn\fR
     
    292442.PP
    293443Since
    294 smbpasswd
     444\FCsmbpasswd\F[]
    295445works 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
    296 smbd
     446\FC smbd\F[]
    297447running on the local machine by specifying either
    298448\fIallow hosts\fR
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