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authorGerald Carter <jerry@samba.org>2001-07-05 13:12:51 +0000
committerGerald Carter <jerry@samba.org>2001-07-05 13:12:51 +0000
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fixed some typos in the manpage SGML source and regenerated docs.
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-rw-r--r--docs/htmldocs/lmhosts.5.html2
-rw-r--r--docs/htmldocs/smb.conf.5.html80
-rw-r--r--docs/htmldocs/smbd.8.html55
3 files changed, 102 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/docs/htmldocs/lmhosts.5.html b/docs/htmldocs/lmhosts.5.html
index 47df4a9733b..13b162ce44f 100644
--- a/docs/htmldocs/lmhosts.5.html
+++ b/docs/htmldocs/lmhosts.5.html
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ NAME="AEN12"
><H2
>DESCRIPTION</H2
><P
->This file is part of the &#60;<A
+>This file is part of the <A
HREF="samba.7.html"
TARGET="_top"
> Samba</A
diff --git a/docs/htmldocs/smb.conf.5.html b/docs/htmldocs/smb.conf.5.html
index 221f1c4cc6b..963935a3c88 100644
--- a/docs/htmldocs/smb.conf.5.html
+++ b/docs/htmldocs/smb.conf.5.html
@@ -12096,7 +12096,7 @@ NAME="OBEYPAMRESTRICTIONS"
>obey pam restrictions (G)</DT
><DD
><P
->When Samba 2.2 is configure to enable PAM support
+>When Samba 2.2 is configured to enable PAM support
(i.e. --with-pam), this parameter will control whether or not Samba
should obey PAM's account and session management directives. The
default behavior is to use PAM for clear text authentication only
@@ -12428,9 +12428,20 @@ NAME="PAMPASSWORDCHANGE"
><DD
><P
>With the addition of better PAM support in Samba 2.2,
- this parameter, it is possible to use PAM's password change control
- flag for Samba. If enabled, then PAM will be used for password
- changes when requested by an SMB client, and the <A
+ this parameter, it is possible to use PAM's password change control
+ flag for Samba. If enabled, then PAM will be used for password
+ changes when requested by an SMB client insted of the program listed in
+ <A
+HREF="#PASSWDPROGRAM"
+><TT
+CLASS="PARAMETER"
+><I
+>passwd program</I
+></TT
+></A
+>.
+ It should be possible to enable this without changing your
+ <A
HREF="#PASSWDCHAT"
><TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
@@ -12438,9 +12449,9 @@ CLASS="PARAMETER"
>passwd chat</I
></TT
></A
-> must be
- be changed to work with the PAM prompts.
- </P
+>
+ paramater for most setups.
+ </P
><P
>Default: <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
@@ -12578,20 +12589,13 @@ HREF="#PAMPASSWORDCHANGE"
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>pam
- password change</I
+ password change</I
></TT
></A
-> parameter is set to <TT
-CLASS="CONSTANT"
->true</TT
->, then the
- chat sequence should consist of three elements. The first element should
- match the PAM prompt for the old password, the second element should match
- the PAM prompt for the first request for the new password, and the final
- element should match the PAM prompt for the second request for the new password.
- These matches are done case insensitively. Under most conditions this change
- is done as root so the prompt for the old password will never be matched.
- </P
+> parameter is set to true, the chat pairs
+ may be matched in any order, and sucess is determined by the PAM result,
+ not any particular output. The \n macro is ignored for PAM conversions.
+ </P
><P
>See also <A
HREF="#UNIXPASSWORDSYNC"
@@ -12684,10 +12688,19 @@ CLASS="PARAMETER"
>passwd program</I
></TT
> and should
- be turned off after this has been done. This parameter is off by
- default.</P
+ be turned off after this has been done. This option has no effect if the
+ <A
+HREF="#PAMPASSWORDCHANGE"
+><TT
+CLASS="PARAMETER"
+><I
+>pam password change</I
+></TT
+></A
+>
+ paramter is set. This parameter is off by default.</P
><P
->See also &#60;<A
+>See also <A
HREF="#PASSWDCHAT"
><TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
@@ -12695,7 +12708,16 @@ CLASS="PARAMETER"
>passwd chat</I
></TT
>
- </A
+ </A
+>, <A
+HREF="#PAMPASSWORDCHANGE"
+><TT
+CLASS="PARAMETER"
+><I
+>pam password change</I
+></TT
+>
+ </A
>, <A
HREF="#PASSWDPROGRAM"
><TT
@@ -12704,7 +12726,7 @@ CLASS="PARAMETER"
>passwd program</I
></TT
>
- </A
+ </A
>.</P
><P
>Default: <B
@@ -15143,7 +15165,7 @@ HREF="#AEN234"
NAME="SECURITYEQUALSUSER"
></A
><EM
->SECURIYT = USER
+>SECURITY = USER
</EM
></P
><P
@@ -18444,7 +18466,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN5825"
+NAME="AEN5830"
></A
><H2
>WARNINGS</H2
@@ -18474,7 +18496,7 @@ TARGET="_top"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN5831"
+NAME="AEN5836"
></A
><H2
>VERSION</H2
@@ -18485,7 +18507,7 @@ NAME="AEN5831"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN5834"
+NAME="AEN5839"
></A
><H2
>SEE ALSO</H2
@@ -18564,7 +18586,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN5854"
+NAME="AEN5859"
></A
><H2
>AUTHOR</H2
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