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authorAndreas Schneider <asn@samba.org>2011-08-31 12:13:22 +0200
committerAndreas Schneider <asn@samba.org>2011-08-31 14:46:08 +0200
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doc: Reflect the latest changes to the rpc_server option.
bug #8425.
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diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/rpcserver.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/rpcserver.xml
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--- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/rpcserver.xml
+++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/rpcserver.xml
@@ -5,42 +5,90 @@
xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
<description>
<para>
- Defines what kind of rpc server to use for a named pipe.
- The rpc_server prefix must be followed by the pipe name, and a value.
+ With this option you can define if a rpc service should be
+ running internal/embedded in smbd or should be redirected to an
+ external daemon like Samba4, the endpoint mapper daemon, the
+ spoolss daemon or the new LSA service daemon. The rpc_server
+ prefix must be followed by the pipe name, and a value.
</para>
<para>
- Three possible values are currently supported:
+ This option can be set for each available rpc service in Samba.
+ The following list shows all available pipe names services you
+ can modify with this options.
+ </para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>epmapper - Endpoint Mapper</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>winreg - Remote Registry Service</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>srvsvc - Remote Server Services</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>lsarpc - Local Security Authority</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>samr - Security Account Management</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>netlogon - Netlogon Remote Protocol</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>netdfs - Settings for Distributed File System</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>dssetup - Active Directory Setup</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>wkssvc - Workstation Services</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>spoolss - Network Printing Spooler</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>svcctl - Service Control</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>ntsvcs - Plug and Play Services</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>eventlog - Event Logger</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>initshutdown - Init Shutdown Service</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ <para>
+ Three possible values currently supported are:
<command moreinfo="none">embedded</command>
- <command moreinfo="none">daemon</command>
<command moreinfo="none">external</command>
+ <command moreinfo="none">disabled</command>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The classic method is to run every pipe as an internal function
+ <emphasis>embedded</emphasis> in smbd. The defaults may vary
+ depending on the service.
</para>
<para>
- The classic method is to run every pipe as an internal function
- <emphasis>embedded</emphasis> in smbd.
+ Choosing the <emphasis>external</emphasis> option allows to run
+ separate daemon or even a completely independent (3rd party)
+ server capable of interfacing with samba via the MS-RPC
+ interface over named pipes.
</para>
<para>
- An alternative method is to fork a <emphasis>daemon</emphasis>
- early on at smbd startup time. This is supported only for selected
- pipes.
+ Currently in Samba3 we support thre daemons, spoolssd, epmd and
+ lsasd. These daemons can be enabled using the
+ <emphasis>rpc_daemon</emphasis> option. For spoolssd you have
+ to to enable the deamon and proxy the named pipe with:
+ Currently in Samba3 we support thre daemons, spoolssd, epmd and
+ lsasd. These daemons can be enabled using the
+ <emphasis>rpc_daemon</emphasis> option.
</para>
<para>
- Choosing the <emphasis>external</emphasis> option allows to run a
- completely independent (3rd party) server capable of interfacing
- with samba via the MS-RPC interface over named pipes.
+ Examples:
+ <programlisting>
+ rpc_daemon:lsasd = fork
+ rpc_server:lsarpc = external
+ rpc_server:samr = external
+ rpc_server:netlogon = external
+
+ rpc_server:spoolss = external
+ rpc_server:epmapper = disabled
+ </programlisting>
</para>
<para>
- Currently only the spoolss pipe can be configured in
- <emphasis>daemon</emphasis> mode like this:
- <programlisting>
- rpc_server:spoolss = daemon
- </programlisting>
+ There is one special option which allows you to enable rpc
+ services to listen for ncacn_ip_tcp connections too. Currently
+ this is only used for testing and doesn't scale!
+
+ <programlisting>
+ rpc_server:tcpip = yes
+ </programlisting>
</para>
+
</description>
-<value type="default">none</value>
+<value type="default">embedded</value>
</samba:parameter>