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authorGerald W. Carter <jerry@samba.org>2008-04-22 10:09:40 -0500
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+<samba:parameter name="auth methods"
+ context="G"
+ type="list"
+ basic="1" advanced="1" wizard="1" developer="1"
+ xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
+<description>
+
+ <para>
+ This option allows the administrator to chose what authentication methods <command moreinfo="none">smbd</command>
+ will use when authenticating a user. This option defaults to sensible values based on <smbconfoption name="security"/>.
+ This should be considered a developer option and used only in rare circumstances. In the majority (if not all)
+ of production servers, the default setting should be adequate.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Each entry in the list attempts to authenticate the user in turn, until
+ the user authenticates. In practice only one method will ever actually
+ be able to complete the authentication.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Possible options include <constant>guest</constant> (anonymous access),
+ <constant>sam</constant> (lookups in local list of accounts based on netbios
+ name or domain name), <constant>winbind</constant> (relay authentication requests
+ for remote users through winbindd), <constant>ntdomain</constant> (pre-winbindd
+ method of authentication for remote domain users; deprecated in favour of winbind method),
+ <constant>trustdomain</constant> (authenticate trusted users by contacting the
+ remote DC directly from smbd; deprecated in favour of winbind method).
+ </para>
+
+</description>
+<value type="default"/>
+<value type="example">guest sam winbind</value>
+</samba:parameter>