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  • Committer: Chuck Short
  • Date: 2010-09-28 20:38:39 UTC
  • Revision ID: zulcss@ubuntu.com-20100928203839-pgjulytsi9ue63x1
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<samba:parameter name="unix password sync"
 
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                 context="G"
 
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                                 type="boolean"
 
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                 advanced="1" developer="1"
 
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                 xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
 
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<description>
 
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    <para>This boolean parameter controls whether Samba 
 
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    attempts to synchronize the UNIX password with the SMB password 
 
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    when the encrypted SMB password in the smbpasswd file is changed. 
 
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    If this is set to <constant>yes</constant> the program specified in the <parameter moreinfo="none">passwd
 
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    program</parameter> parameter is called <emphasis>AS ROOT</emphasis> -
 
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    to allow the new UNIX password to be set without access to the 
 
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    old UNIX password (as the SMB password change code has no 
 
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        access to the old password cleartext, only the new).</para>
 
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</description>
 
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<related>passwd program</related>
 
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<related>passwd chat</related>
 
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<value type="default">no</value>
 
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</samba:parameter>