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index 45b21962860..096a7e1bb15 100644
--- a/docs/htmldocs/smb.conf.5.html
+++ b/docs/htmldocs/smb.conf.5.html
@@ -12760,19 +12760,39 @@ CLASS="PARAMETER"
on what local methods are used for password control (such as NIS
etc).</P
><P
->The string can contain the macros <TT
+>Note that this parameter only is only used if the <A
+HREF="#UNIXPASSWORDSYNC"
+><TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
->%o</I
+>unix
+ password sync</I
></TT
->
- and <TT
+></A
+> parameter is set to <TT
+CLASS="CONSTANT"
+>yes</TT
+>. This
+ sequence is then called <EM
+>AS ROOT</EM
+> when the SMB password
+ in the smbpasswd file is being changed, without access to the old
+ password cleartext. This means that root must be able to reset the user's password
+ without knowing the text of the previous password. In the presence of NIS/YP,
+ this means that the <A
+HREF="#PASSWDPROGRAM"
+>passwd program</A
+> must be
+ executed on the NIS master.
+ </P
+><P
+>The string can contain the macro <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>%n</I
></TT
-> which are substituted for the old
- and new passwords respectively. It can also contain the standard
+> which is substituted
+ for the new password. The chat sequence can also contain the standard
macros <TT
CLASS="CONSTANT"
>\n</TT
@@ -12784,41 +12804,18 @@ CLASS="CONSTANT"
> \t</TT
> and <TT
CLASS="CONSTANT"
->%s</TT
+>\s</TT
> to give line-feed,
- carriage-return, tab and space.</P
-><P
->The string can also contain a '*' which matches
- any sequence of characters.</P
-><P
->Double quotes can be used to collect strings with spaces
+ carriage-return, tab and space. The chat sequence string can also contain
+ a '*' which matches any sequence of characters.
+ Double quotes can be used to collect strings with spaces
in them into a single string.</P
><P
>If the send string in any part of the chat sequence
is a full stop ".", then no string is sent. Similarly,
if the expect string is a full stop then no string is expected.</P
><P
->Note that if the <A
-HREF="#UNIXPASSWORDSYNC"
-><TT
-CLASS="PARAMETER"
-><I
->unix
- password sync</I
-></TT
-></A
-> parameter is set to <TT
-CLASS="CONSTANT"
->true</TT
->, then this
- sequence is called <EM
->AS ROOT</EM
-> when the SMB password
- in the smbpasswd file is being changed, without access to the old
- password cleartext. In this case the old password cleartext is set
- to "" (the empty string).</P
-><P
->Also, if the <A
+>If the <A
HREF="#PAMPASSWORDCHANGE"
><TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
@@ -18886,7 +18883,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN5955"
+NAME="AEN5953"
></A
><H2
>WARNINGS</H2
@@ -18916,7 +18913,7 @@ TARGET="_top"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN5961"
+NAME="AEN5959"
></A
><H2
>VERSION</H2
@@ -18927,7 +18924,7 @@ NAME="AEN5961"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN5964"
+NAME="AEN5962"
></A
><H2
>SEE ALSO</H2
@@ -19006,7 +19003,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN5984"
+NAME="AEN5982"
></A
><H2
>AUTHOR</H2