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authorAndrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org>2010-12-09 17:37:14 +1100
committerAndrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org>2010-12-10 16:08:30 +1100
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s3-docs Add docs for 'client use spnego principal' and 'send spengo principal'
Andrew Bartlett
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diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/clientusepsnegoprincipal.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/clientusepsnegoprincipal.xml
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+<samba:parameter name="client use spnego principal"
+ context="G"
+ type="boolean"
+ advanced="1" developer="1"
+ xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
+<description>
+ <para>This parameter determines whether or not
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbclient</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> and other samba components
+ acting as a client will attempt to use the server-supplied
+ principal sometimes given in the SPNEGO exchange.</para>
+
+ <para>If enabled, Samba can attempt to use Kerberos to contact
+ servers known only by IP address. Kerberos relies on names, so
+ ordinarily cannot function in this situation. </para>
+
+ <para>If disabled, Samba will use the name used to look up the
+ server when asking the KDC for a ticket. This avoids situations
+ where a server may impersonate another, soliciting authentication
+ as one principal while being known on the network as another.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>Note that Windows XP SP2 and later versions already follow
+ this behaviour, and Windows Vista and later servers no longer
+ supply this 'rfc4178 hint' principal on the server side.</para>
+</description>
+<value type="default">no</value>
+</samba:parameter>
diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/sendspengoprincipal.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/sendspengoprincipal.xml
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+<samba:parameter name="send spnego principal"
+ context="G"
+ type="boolean"
+ advanced="1" developer="1"
+ xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
+<description>
+ <para>This parameter determines whether or not
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> will send the
+ server-supplied principal sometimes given in the SPNEGO
+ exchange.</para>
+
+ <para>If enabled, Samba can attempt to help clients to use
+ Kerberos to contact it, even when known only by IP address or a
+ name not registered with our KDC as a service principal name.
+ Kerberos relies on names, so ordinarily cannot function in this
+ situation. </para>
+
+ <para>If disabled, Samba will send the string
+ not_defined_in_RFC4178@please_ignore as the 'rfc4178 hint',
+ following the updated RFC and Windows 2008 behaviour in this area.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>Note that Windows XP SP2 and later versions already ignored
+ this value in all circumstances. </para>
+</description>
+<value type="default">no</value>
+</samba:parameter>