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author | Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org> | 2003-07-31 21:47:22 +0000 |
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committer | Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org> | 2003-07-31 21:47:22 +0000 |
commit | c5e11fd01003fa2d85c91ec81afd2cb2498472f5 (patch) | |
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parent | 731420b03dbc15977822f74047e931dc62284fc0 (diff) | |
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Added a note inspired by andrew@cis.uoguelph.ca to explain when this
parameter gets run.
Jeremy.
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diff --git a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passwdprogram.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passwdprogram.xml index dbcc261ce48..22235322c8d 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passwdprogram.xml +++ b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passwdprogram.xml @@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ for security implications. Note that by default <parameter moreinfo="none">unix password sync</parameter> is set to <constant>no</constant>.</para> + <para>Not that this program is only invoked when a password change is + done via the smbd program, not when smbpasswd is used locally as root to + change a password. This means that you cannot run "smbpasswd USERNAME" as + root on the SMB server in order to test this parameter, but should run the + command "smbpasswd -r SMBMACHINE" as a non-root user instead if you want + to test the invocation of this program.</para> + <para>See also <link linkend="UNIXPASSWORDSYNC"><parameter moreinfo="none">unix password sync</parameter></link>.</para> |