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| author | Gerald Carter <jerry@samba.org> | 2001-07-05 13:12:51 +0000 |
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| committer | Gerald Carter <jerry@samba.org> | 2001-07-05 13:12:51 +0000 |
| commit | 57aac361e345bdbc674bf8644080c87298fdbe07 (patch) | |
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fixed some typos in the manpage SGML source and regenerated docs.
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diff --git a/docs/htmldocs/smbd.8.html b/docs/htmldocs/smbd.8.html index 7096dc205f7..f5ce9b78fd8 100644 --- a/docs/htmldocs/smbd.8.html +++ b/docs/htmldocs/smbd.8.html @@ -795,6 +795,51 @@ CLASS="REFSECT1" NAME="AEN233" ></A ><H2 +>PAM INTERACTION</H2 +><P +>Samba uses PAM for authentication (when presented with a plaintext + password), for account checking (is this account disabled?) and for + session management. The degree too which samba supports PAM is restricted + by the limitations of the SMB protocol and the + <A +HREF="smb.conf.5.html#OBEYPAMRESRICTIONS" +TARGET="_top" +>obey pam restricions</A +> + smb.conf paramater. When this is set, the following restrictions apply: + </P +><P +></P +><UL +><LI +><P +><EM +>Account Validation</EM +>: All acccesses to a + samba server are checked + against PAM to see if the account is vaild, not disabled and is permitted to + login at this time. This also applies to encrypted logins. + </P +></LI +><LI +><P +><EM +>Session Management</EM +>: When not using share + level secuirty, users must pass PAM's session checks before access + is granted. Note however, that this is bypassed in share level secuirty. + Note also that some older pam configuration files may need a line + added for session support. + </P +></LI +></UL +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="REFSECT1" +><A +NAME="AEN244" +></A +><H2 >TESTING THE INSTALLATION</H2 ><P >If running the server as a daemon, execute it before @@ -850,7 +895,7 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN247" +NAME="AEN258" ></A ><H2 >VERSION</H2 @@ -861,7 +906,7 @@ NAME="AEN247" ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN250" +NAME="AEN261" ></A ><H2 >DIAGNOSTICS</H2 @@ -884,7 +929,7 @@ NAME="AEN250" ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN255" +NAME="AEN266" ></A ><H2 >SIGNALS</H2 @@ -948,7 +993,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN272" +NAME="AEN283" ></A ><H2 >SEE ALSO</H2 @@ -1014,7 +1059,7 @@ TARGET="_top" ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN289" +NAME="AEN300" ></A ><H2 >AUTHOR</H2 |