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authorJelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org>2003-05-26 23:23:59 +0000
committerJelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org>2003-05-26 23:23:59 +0000
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Update documentation for 'passdb backend' : include mysql and guest backends,
remove references to _nua (This used to be commit 7e81c983ad9b6d3fff353b547844fb918a1ab45a)
-rw-r--r--docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml51
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 34 deletions
diff --git a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml
index d755cfc313..21355f98ac 100644
--- a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml
+++ b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml
@@ -24,15 +24,6 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para><command moreinfo="none">smbpasswd_nua</command> - The smbpasswd
- backend, but with support for 'not unix accounts'.
- Takes a path to the smbpasswd file as an optional argument.</para>
-
- <para>See also <link linkend="NONUNIXACCOUNTRANGE">
- <parameter moreinfo="none">non unix account range</parameter></link></para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
<para><command moreinfo="none">tdbsam</command> - The TDB based password storage
backend. Takes a path to the TDB as an optional argument (defaults to passdb.tdb
in the <link linkend="PRIVATEDIR">
@@ -40,32 +31,10 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para><command moreinfo="none">tdbsam_nua</command> - The TDB based password storage
- backend, with non unix account support. Takes a path to the TDB as an optional argument (defaults to passdb.tdb
- in the <link linkend="PRIVATEDIR">
- <parameter moreinfo="none">private dir</parameter></link> directory.</para>
-
- <para>See also <link linkend="NONUNIXACCOUNTRANGE">
- <parameter moreinfo="none">non unix account range</parameter></link></para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
<para><command moreinfo="none">ldapsam</command> - The LDAP based passdb
backend. Takes an LDAP URL as an optional argument (defaults to
<command moreinfo="none">ldap://localhost</command>)</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para><command moreinfo="none">ldapsam_nua</command> - The LDAP based passdb
- backend, with non unix account support. Takes an LDAP URL as an optional argument (defaults to
- <command moreinfo="none">ldap://localhost</command>)</para>
-
- <para>Note: In this module, any account without a matching POSIX account is regarded
- as 'non unix'. </para>
-
- <para>See also <link linkend="NONUNIXACCOUNTRANGE">
- <parameter moreinfo="none">non unix account range</parameter></link></para>
-
<para>LDAP connections should be secured where possible. This may be done using either
Start-TLS (see <link linkend="LDAPSSL"><parameter moreinfo="none">ldap ssl</parameter></link>) or by
specifying <parameter moreinfo="none">ldaps://</parameter> in
@@ -79,15 +48,29 @@
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><command moreinfo="none">mysql</command> -
+ The MySQL based passdb backend. Takes an identifier as
+ argument. Read the Samba HOWTO Collection for configuration
+ details.
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><command moreinfo="none">guest</command> -
+ Very simple backend that only provides one user: the guest user.
+ Only maps the NT guest user to the <parameter>guest account</parameter>.
+ Required in pretty much all situations.
+ </para></listitem>
+
</itemizedlist>
</para>
- <para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">passdb backend = smbpasswd unixsam</command></para>
+ <para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">passdb backend = smbpasswd guest</command></para>
<para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">passdb backend = tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb smbpasswd:/etc/samba/smbpasswd guest</command></para>
- <para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">passdb backend = ldapsam_nua:ldaps://ldap.example.com guest</command></para>
+ <para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">passdb backend = ldapsam:ldaps://ldap.example.com guest</command></para>
- <para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">passdb backend = mysql:my_plugin_args tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb</command></para>
+ <para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">passdb backend = mysql:my_plugin_args tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb guest</command></para>
</listitem>
</samba:parameter>