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| author | Michael Adam <obnox@samba.org> | 2010-12-07 15:47:52 +0100 |
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| committer | Michael Adam <obnox@samba.org> | 2010-12-07 18:24:18 +0100 |
| commit | 91d9cb48a5224c7dc443747505f9dd1071f822ed (patch) | |
| tree | b7d3954554e885550532f5d5df7554edad24d70c /docs-xml | |
| parent | 15c33ada6b897ac46141aaae0f0333816b94448b (diff) | |
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docs: clarify the idmap_ad manpage (bug #6322)
The idmap_ad module can not be used as a default backend.
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diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages-3/idmap_ad.8.xml b/docs-xml/manpages-3/idmap_ad.8.xml index 9b445df8f7..3ecb07e590 100644 --- a/docs-xml/manpages-3/idmap_ad.8.xml +++ b/docs-xml/manpages-3/idmap_ad.8.xml @@ -25,6 +25,23 @@ by the administrator by adding the posixAccount/posixGroup classes and relative attribute/value pairs to the user and group objects in the AD.</para> + + <para> + Note that the idmap_ad module has changed considerably since + Samba versions 3.0 and 3.2. + Currently, the <parameter>ad</parameter> backend + does not work as the the default idmap backend, but one has + to configure it separately for each domain for which one wants + to use it, using disjoint ranges. One usually needs to configure + a writeable default idmap range, using for example the + <parameter>tdb</parameter> or <parameter>ldap</parameter>) + backend, in order to be able to map the BUILTIN sids and + possibly other trusted domains. The writeable default config + is also needed in order to be able to create group mappings. + This catch-all default idmap configuration should have a range + that is disjoint from any explicitly configured domain with + idmap backend <parameter>ad</parameter>. See the example below. + </para> </refsynopsisdiv> <refsect1> |