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authorJohn Terpstra <jht@samba.org>1998-07-09 07:44:07 +0000
committerJohn Terpstra <jht@samba.org>1998-07-09 07:44:07 +0000
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Fixed typos and reformatted doco.
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-rw-r--r--docs/textdocs/BROWSING-Config.txt12
-rw-r--r--docs/textdocs/DOMAIN_CONTROL.txt19
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/docs/textdocs/BROWSING-Config.txt b/docs/textdocs/BROWSING-Config.txt
index 33c56e0897..6afd958f77 100644
--- a/docs/textdocs/BROWSING-Config.txt
+++ b/docs/textdocs/BROWSING-Config.txt
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ If only one WINS server is used then the use of the "remote announce" and the
Samba WINS does not support MS-WINS replication. This means that when setting up
Samba as a WINS server there must only be one nmbd configured as a WINS server
-on the network. Some sites have used multiple Samba WINS servers for redundency
+on the network. Some sites have used multiple Samba WINS servers for redundancy
(one server per subnet) and then used "remote browse sync" and "remote announce"
-to affect browse list collation across all segments. Note that this means clients
-will only resolve local names, and must be configured to use DNS to resolve names
-on other subnets in order to resolve the IP addresses of the servers they can see
-on other subnets. This setup is not recommended, but is mentioned as a practical
-consideration (ie. an 'if all else fails' scenario).
+to affect browse list collation across all segments. Note that this means
+clients will only resolve local names, and must be configured to use DNS to
+resolve names on other subnets in order to resolve the IP addresses of the
+servers they can see on other subnets. This setup is not recommended, but is
+mentioned as a practical consideration (ie: an 'if all else fails' scenario).
Lastly, take note that browse lists are a collection of unreliable broadcast
messages that are repeated at intervals of not more than 15 minutes. This means
diff --git a/docs/textdocs/DOMAIN_CONTROL.txt b/docs/textdocs/DOMAIN_CONTROL.txt
index bbd03873b1..7c24b50325 100644
--- a/docs/textdocs/DOMAIN_CONTROL.txt
+++ b/docs/textdocs/DOMAIN_CONTROL.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
!==
-!== DOMAIN_CONTROL.txt for Samba release 1.9.18 08 Jan 1998
+!== DOMAIN_CONTROL.txt for Samba release 1.9.18p8 13 Jun 1998
!==
Initial Release: August 22, 1996
Contributor: John H Terpstra <samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au>
Copyright (C) 1996-1997 - John H Terpstra
-Updated: August 25, 1997
-Status: Current - New Content
+Updated: July 5, 1998
+Status: Current
Subject: Windows NT Domain Control & Samba
============================================================================
@@ -106,3 +106,16 @@ redirect all access authentication to that server. This way you can
use Windows NT to act as your password server with full support for
Microsoft encrypted passwords.
+Note also, that since release of samba-1.9.18 we now support native encrypted
+passwords too. To enable encrypted password handling several things need to be
+done:
+ 1) In smb.conf [globals]:
+ encrypt passwords = yes
+ smbpasswd file = /path/smbpasswd
+the standard path is /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd but this may be
+platform specific.
+
+ 2) Use "smbpasswd -a" to add all users to the smbpasswd file.
+
+Above all read all the documentation for encrypted password support - you will
+need it!