Changeset 44 for trunk/samba/docs/manpages/smbpasswd.8

Timestamp:

Jun 29, 2007, 1:34:14 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

Paul Smedley

Message:

Update source to 3.0.25b

File:

• trunk/samba/docs/manpages/smbpasswd.8 (modified) (12 diffs)

trunk/samba/docs/manpages/smbpasswd.8

@@ -22 +22 @@
 smbpasswd - change a user's SMB password
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
-.HP 10
-\fBsmbpasswd\fR [-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]
+.HP 1
+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]
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 .PP
@@ -35 +35 @@
 .PP
 By 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
-\fBpasswd(1)\fR
+passwd(1)
 program works.
-\fB smbpasswd\fR
+smbpasswd
 differs from how the passwd program works however in that it is not
 \fBsetuid root\fR
@@ -52 +52 @@
 .PP
 When 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,
-\fB smbpasswd\fR
+smbpasswd
 accesses the local smbpasswd file directly, thus enabling changes to be made even if smbd is not running.
 .SH "OPTIONS"
@@ -100 +100 @@
 .sp
 If the smbpasswd file is in the 'old' format, then
-\fB smbpasswd\fR
+smbpasswd
 will FAIL to enable the account. See
 \fBsmbpasswd\fR(5)
@@ -126 +126 @@
 file :
 .sp
-\fBnull passwords = yes\fR
+null passwords = yes
 .sp
 This option is only available when running smbpasswd as root.
@@ -156 +156 @@
 .RS 3n
 .TP 3n
-&#8226;
+\(bu
 \fBlmhosts\fR: 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
 \fBlmhosts\fR(5)
 for details) then any name type matches for lookup.
 .TP 3n
-&#8226;
+\(bu
 \fBhost\fR: Do a standard host name to IP address resolution, using the system
 \fI/etc/hosts \fR, 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
@@ -167 +167 @@
 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.
 .TP 3n
-&#8226;
+\(bu
 \fBwins\fR: Query a name with the IP address listed in the
 \fIwins server\fR
 parameter. If no WINS server has been specified this method will be ignored.
 .TP 3n
-&#8226;
+\(bu
 \fBbcast\fR: Do a broadcast on each of the known local interfaces listed in the
 \fIinterfaces\fR
@@ -179 +179 @@
 .IP "" 3n
 The default order is
-\fBlmhosts, host, wins, bcast\fR
+lmhosts, host, wins, bcast
 and without this parameter or any entry in the
 \fBsmb.conf\fR(5)
@@ -202 +202 @@
 .RS 3n
 This option prints the help string for
-\fB smbpasswd\fR, selecting the correct one for running as root or as an ordinary user.
+smbpasswd, selecting the correct one for running as root or as an ordinary user.
 .RE
 .PP
@@ -210 +210 @@
 \fI/dev/tty\fR
 (like the
-\fBpasswd(1)\fR
+passwd(1)
 program does). This option is to aid people writing scripts to drive smbpasswd
 .RE
@@ -228 +228 @@
 -W
 .RS 3n
-\fBNOTE: \fR
+NOTE:
 This option is same as "-w" except that the password should be entered using stdin.
 .sp
@@ -262 +262 @@
 .PP
 Since
-\fBsmbpasswd\fR
+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
-\fB smbd\fR
+smbd
 running on the local machine by specifying either
 \fIallow hosts\fR