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+
+pam_smbpass is a PAM module which can be used on conforming systems to
+keep the smbpasswd (Samba password) database in sync with the unix
+password file. PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) is an API supported
+under some Unices, such as Solaris, HPUX and Linux, that provides a
+generic interface to authentication mechanisms.
+
+For more information on PAM, see http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/
+
+This module authenticates a local smbpasswd user database. If you require
+support for authenticating against a remote SMB server, or if you're
+concerned about the presence of suid root binaries on your system, it is
+recommended that you use pam_winbind instead.
+
+Options recognized by this module are as follows:
+
+ debug - log more debugging info
+ audit - like debug, but also logs unknown usernames
+ use_first_pass - don't prompt the user for passwords;
+ take them from PAM_ items instead
+ try_first_pass - try to get the password from a previous
+ PAM module, fall back to prompting the user
+ use_authtok - like try_first_pass, but *fail* if the new
+ PAM_AUTHTOK has not been previously set.
+ (intended for stacking password modules only)
+ not_set_pass - don't make passwords used by this module
+ available to other modules.
+ nodelay - don't insert ~1 second delays on authentication
+ failure.
+ nullok - null passwords are allowed.
+ nonull - null passwords are not allowed. Used to
+ override the Samba configuration.
+ migrate - only meaningful in an "auth" context;
+ used to update smbpasswd file with a
+ password used for successful authentication.
+ smbconf=<file> - specify an alternate path to the smb.conf
+ file.
+
+See the samples/ directory for example PAM configurations using this
+module.
+
+Thanks go to the following people:
+
+* Andrew Morgan <morgan@transmeta.com>, for providing the Linux-PAM
+framework, without which none of this would have happened
+
+* Christian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com> and Andrew Morgan again, for the
+pam_pwdb module upon which pam_smbpass was originally based
+
+* Luke Leighton <lkcl@switchboard.net> for being receptive to the idea,
+and for the occasional good-natured complaint about the project's status
+that keep me working on it :)
+
+* and of course, all the other members of the Samba team
+<http://www.samba.org/samba/team.html>, for creating a great product
+and for giving this project a purpose
+
+---------------------
+Stephen Langasek <vorlon@netexpress.net>
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