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authorMichael Adam <obnox@samba.org>2009-01-21 10:56:34 +0100
committerMichael Adam <obnox@samba.org>2009-01-21 10:56:56 +0100
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s3:docs: clarify explanation of the allocator in the idmap_ldap manpage
Michael
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diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages-3/idmap_ldap.8.xml b/docs-xml/manpages-3/idmap_ldap.8.xml
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--- a/docs-xml/manpages-3/idmap_ldap.8.xml
+++ b/docs-xml/manpages-3/idmap_ldap.8.xml
@@ -22,9 +22,15 @@
<para>The idmap_ldap plugin provides a means for Winbind to
store and retrieve SID/uid/gid mapping tables in an LDAP directory
service.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
In contrast to read only backends like idmap_rid, it is an allocating
- backend: This means that it needs to allocate new user and group IDs to
- create new mappings as requests to yet unmapped users are answered.
+ backend: This means that it needs to allocate new user and group IDs in
+ order to create new mappings. The allocator can be provided by the
+ idmap_ldap backend itself or by any other allocating backend like
+ idmap_tdb or idmap_tdb2. This is configured with the
+ parameter <parameter>idmap alloc backend</parameter>.
</para>
<para>