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diff --git a/docs/textdocs/Passwords.txt b/docs/textdocs/Passwords.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 3d7acac9dd3..00000000000 --- a/docs/textdocs/Passwords.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,46 +0,0 @@ -Contributor: Unknown -Date: Unknown -Status: Current - -Subject: NOTE ABOUT PASSWORDS -============================================================================= - -Unix systems use a wide variety of methods for checking the validity -of a password. This is primarily controlled with the Makefile defines -mentioned in the Makefile. - -Also note that some clients (notably WfWg) uppercase the password -before sending it. The server tries the password as it receives it and -also after lowercasing it. - -The Samba server can also be configured to try different -upper/lowercase combinations. This is controlled by the [global] -parameter "password level". A level of N means to try all combinations -up to N uppercase characters in the password. A high value can chew a -fair bit of CPU time and can lower the security of your system. Do not -use this options unless you really need it - the time taken for -password checking can become so high that clients time out. - -If you do use the "password level" option then you might like to use --DUFC_CRYPT in your Makefile. On some machine this makes password -checking _much_ faster. This is also useful if you use the @group -syntax in the user= option. - -If your site uses AFS (the Andrew File System), you can use the AFS section -in the Makefile. This will first attempt to authenticate a username and -password to AFS. If that succeeds, then the associated AFS rights will be -granted. Otherwise, the password checking routine falls back to whatever -Unix password checking method you are using. Note that the AFS code is -only written and tested for AFS 3.3 and later. - - -SECURITY = SERVER -================= - -Samba can use a remote server to do it's username/password -validation. This allows you to have one central machine (for example a -NT box) control the passwords for the Unix box. - -See the section on "security =" in smb.conf(5) for details. - - |