password), for account checking (is this account disabled?) and for
session management. The degree too which samba supports PAM is restricted
by the limitations of the SMB protocol and the <smbconfoption name="obey pam restrictions"/> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> paramater. When this is set, the following restrictions apply:
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> parameter. When this is set, the following restrictions apply:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><emphasis>Account Validation</emphasis>: All accesses to a
samba server are checked
- against PAM to see if the account is vaild, not disabled and is permitted to
+ against PAM to see if the account is valid, not disabled and is permitted to
login at this time. This also applies to encrypted logins.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>Session Management</emphasis>: When not using share
- level secuirty, users must pass PAM's session checks before access
- is granted. Note however, that this is bypassed in share level secuirty.
+ level security, users must pass PAM's session checks before access
+ is granted. Note however, that this is bypassed in share level security.
Note also that some older pam configuration files may need a line
added for session support.
</para></listitem>