doc updates

4 files changed, 30 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/docs/INSTALL.txt b/docs/INSTALL.txt
index d9d85a2008e..00b791e07aa 100644
--- a/docs/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/docs/INSTALL.txt
@@ -317,3 +317,12 @@ MAPPING USERNAMES
 If you have different usernames on the PCs and the unix server then
 take a look at the "username map" option. See the smb.conf man page
 for details.
+
+
+OTHER CHARACTER SETS
+====================
+
+If you have problems using filenames with accented characters in them
+(like the German, French or Scandinavian character sets) then I
+recommmend you look at the "valid chars" option in smb.conf and also
+take a look at the validchars package in the examples directory.
diff --git a/docs/manpages/nmbd.8 b/docs/manpages/nmbd.8
index 72e45b9d54b..d3f397563df 100644
--- a/docs/manpages/nmbd.8
+++ b/docs/manpages/nmbd.8
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ option has been selected).
 A S or G means that the specified address is a broadcast address of a
 network that you want people to be able to browse you from. Nmbd will
 search for a master browser in that domain and will send host
-announcements to that machine, informing it that the specifed somain
+announcements to that machine, informing it that the specified domain
 is available.
 
 A M means that this name is the default netbios name for this
@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ log.nmb.out (containing outbound transaction data)
 
 The log files generated are never removed by the server.
 .RE
-.RE
 
 .B -n
 .I netbios name
@@ -323,7 +322,6 @@ If running the server via the meta-daemon inetd, this file must contain a
 mapping of service name (eg., netbios-ns)  to service port (eg., 137) and
 protocol type (eg., udp). See the section "INSTALLATION" below.
 .RE
-.RE
 
 .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
 Not applicable.
diff --git a/docs/manpages/samba.7 b/docs/manpages/samba.7
index bea20555e73..ac106e00224 100644
--- a/docs/manpages/samba.7
+++ b/docs/manpages/samba.7
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ you read the documentation that comes with Samba and the manual pages
 of those components that you use. If the manual pages aren't clear
 enough then please send me a patch!
 
-The smbd(8) daemon provides the file and print services to SMB clents,
+The smbd(8) daemon provides the file and print services to SMB clients,
 such as Windows for Workgroups, Windows NT or LanManager. The
 configuration file for this daemon is described in smb.conf(5).
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ of the Samba mailing list, at http://samba.canberra.edu.au/pub/samba/
 The main author of the Samba suite is Andrew Tridgell. He may be
 contacted via e-mail at samba-bugs@anu.edu.au.
 
-There have also been an enourmous number of contributors to Samba from
+There have also been an enormous number of contributors to Samba from
 all over the world. A partial list of these contributors is included
 in the CREDITS section below. The list is, however, badly out of
 date. More up to date info may be obtained from the change-log that
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ join the Samba mailing list.
 
 If you have patches to submit or bugs to report then you may mail them
 directly to samba-bugs@anu.edu.au. Note, however, that due to the
-enourmous popularity of this package I may take some time to repond to
+enormous popularity of this package I may take some time to repond to
 mail. I prefer patches in "diff -u" format.
 
 .SH CREDITS
diff --git a/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 b/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5
index c2512bedd0e..7f67ae4e123 100644
--- a/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5
+++ b/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ within a parameter value is retained verbatim.
 Any line beginning with a semicolon is ignored, as are lines containing 
 only whitespace.
 
-Any line ending in a \\ is "continued" on the next line in the
+Any line ending in a \e is "continued" on the next line in the
 customary unix fashion.
 
 The values following the equals sign in parameters are all either a string
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ could be used simply to limit access to a subset of your local printers.
 An alias, by the way, is defined as any component of the first entry of a 
 printcap record. Records are separated by newlines, components (if there are 
 more than one) are separated by vertical bar symbols ("|").
+.RE
 .SH PARAMETERS
 Parameters define the specific attributes of services.
 
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ permissible only in normal sections. For the purposes of the following
 descriptions the [homes] and [printers] sections will be considered normal.
 The letter 'G' in parentheses indicates that a parameter is specific to the
 [global] section. The letter 'S' indicates that a parameter can be
-specified in a secvice specific section. Note that all S parameters
+specified in a service specific section. Note that all S parameters
 can also be specified in the [global] section - in which case they
 will define the default behaviour for all services.
 
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ interpreted as "path = /tmp/john" if the user connected with the
 username john.
 
 These substitutions are mostly noted in the descriptions below, but
-there are some general substitions which apply whenever they might be
+there are some general substitutions which apply whenever they might be
 relevant. These are:
 
 %S = the name of the current service, if any
@@ -659,7 +660,7 @@ See testparm(1) for a way of testing your host access to see if it
 does what you expect.
 
 .B Default:
- 	none (ie., all hosts permitted access)
+ 	none (i.e., all hosts permitted access)
 
 .B Example:
  	allow hosts = 150.203.5. myhost.mynet.edu.au
@@ -854,7 +855,7 @@ access to services unless the specific services have their own lists to
 override this one. Where the lists conflict, the 'allow' list takes precedence.
 
 .B Default:
- 	none (ie., no hosts specifically excluded)
+ 	none (i.e., no hosts specifically excluded)
 
 .B Example:
   	deny hosts = 150.203.4. badhost.mynet.edu.au
@@ -910,11 +911,11 @@ Linux) that are either not of interest to clients or are infinitely deep
 of directories that the server should always show as empty.
 
 Note that Samba can be very fussy about the exact format of the "dont
-descend" entries. For example you ma need "./proc" instead of just
+descend" entries. For example you may need "./proc" instead of just
 "/proc". Experimentation is the best policy :-)
 
 .B Default:
- 	none (ie., all directories are OK to descend)
+ 	none (i.e., all directories are OK to descend)
 
 .B Example:
   	dont descend = /proc,/dev
@@ -922,7 +923,7 @@ descend" entries. For example you ma need "./proc" instead of just
 .SS encrypt passwords (G)
 
 This boolean controls whether encrypted passwords will be negotiated
-with the cient. Note that this option has no effect if you haven't
+with the client. Note that this option has no effect if you haven't
 compiled in the necessary des libraries and encryption code. It
 defaults to no.
 
@@ -1022,7 +1023,7 @@ See
 .B deny hosts.
 
 .SS group (S)
-This is an alias for "force group" and is only kept for compatability
+This is an alias for "force group" and is only kept for compatibility
 with old versions of Samba. It may be removed in future versions.
 
 .SS hosts equiv (G)
@@ -2573,6 +2574,13 @@ the uppercase and lowercase mappings appropriately.
 The above example allows filenames to have the swedish characters in
 them. 
 
+NOTE: It is actually quite difficult to correctly produce a "valid
+chars" line for a particular system. To automate the process
+tino@augsburg.net has written a package called "validchars" which will
+automatically produce a complete "valid chars" line for a given client
+system. Look in the examples subdirectory for this package.
+
+
 .SS valid users (S)
 This is a list of users that should be allowed to login to this
 service. A name starting with @ is interpreted as a unix group.