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author | Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org> | 2008-10-21 14:51:13 +0200 |
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committer | Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org> | 2008-10-21 14:51:13 +0200 |
commit | 5209a846a9157e649fcdcb561f7eaf19c8c0e465 (patch) | |
tree | b0a7e52b5646c8eec182dbc391e7934b6804488c /docs-xml/smbdotconf/winbind | |
parent | 625359b2e266105022309df8985720108ecd6f67 (diff) | |
parent | 2ee8d29d22bcb1c350ab59d71b0aee548489bc9c (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' of ssh://git.samba.org/data/git/samba into regsrv
Conflicts:
source4/lib/registry/ldb.c
source4/rpc_server/winreg/rpc_winreg.c
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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/winbind/winbindnormalizenames.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/winbind/winbindnormalizenames.xml index 28826cf5f3..5b68bca912 100644 --- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/winbind/winbindnormalizenames.xml +++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/winbind/winbindnormalizenames.xml @@ -5,14 +5,25 @@ xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> <description> <para>This parameter controls whether winbindd will replace - whitespace in user and group names with an underscore (_) character. - For example, whether the name "Space Kadet" should be - replaced with the string "space_kadet". - Frequently Unix shell scripts will have difficulty with usernames - contains whitespace due to the default field separator in the shell. - Do not enable this option if the underscore character is used in - account names within your domain - </para> + whitespace in user and group names with an underscore (_) character. + For example, whether the name "Space Kadet" should be + replaced with the string "space_kadet". + Frequently Unix shell scripts will have difficulty with usernames + contains whitespace due to the default field separator in the shell. + If your domain possesses names containing the underscore character, + this option may cause problems unless the name aliasing feature + is supported by your nss_info plugin. + </para> + + <para>This feature also enables the name aliasing API which can + be used to make domain user and group names to a non-qlaified + version. Please refer to the manpage for the configured + idmap and nss_info plugin for the specifics on how to configure + name aliasing for a specific configuration. Name aliasing takes + precendence (and is mutually exclusive) over the whitespace + replacement mechanism discussed previsouly. + </para> + </description> <value type="default">no</value> |