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authorJelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org>2002-09-27 16:45:57 +0000
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@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@
<para>
The <filename>pam_winbind</filename> module in the 2.2.2 release only
supports the <parameter>auth</parameter> and <parameter>account</parameter>
- module-types. The latter is simply
+ module-types. The latter simply
performs a getpwnam() to verify that the system can obtain a uid for the
user. If the <filename>libnss_winbind</filename> library has been correctly
- installed, this should always suceed.
+ installed, this should always succeed.
</para>
<para>The following nsswitch databases are implemented by
@@ -156,156 +156,26 @@ group: files winbind
</filename> file. All parameters should be specified in the
[global] section of smb.conf. </para>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>winbind separator</term>
- <listitem><para>The winbind separator option allows you
- to specify how NT domain names and user names are combined
- into unix user names when presented to users. By default,
- <command>winbindd</command> will use the traditional '\'
- separator so that the unix user names look like
- DOMAIN\username. In some cases this separator character may
- cause problems as the '\' character has special meaning in
- unix shells. In that case you can use the winbind separator
- option to specify an alternative separator character. Good
- alternatives may be '/' (although that conflicts
- with the unix directory separator) or a '+ 'character.
- The '+' character appears to be the best choice for 100%
- compatibility with existing unix utilities, but may be an
- aesthetically bad choice depending on your taste. </para>
-
- <para>Default: <command>winbind separator = \ </command>
- </para>
- <para>Example: <command>winbind separator = + </command></para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>winbind uid</term>
- <listitem><para>The winbind uid parameter specifies the
- range of user ids that are allocated by the winbindd daemon.
- This range of ids should have no existing local or NIS users
- within it as strange conflicts can occur otherwise. </para>
-
- <para>Default: <command>winbind uid = &lt;empty string&gt;
- </command></para>
- <para>Example: <command>winbind uid = 10000-20000</command></para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>winbind gid</term>
- <listitem><para>The winbind gid parameter specifies the
- range of group ids that are allocated by the winbindd daemon.
- This range of group ids should have no existing local or NIS
- groups within it as strange conflicts can occur otherwise.</para>
-
- <para>Default: <command>winbind gid = &lt;empty string&gt;
- </command></para>
- <para>Example: <command>winbind gid = 10000-20000
- </command> </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>winbind cache time</term>
- <listitem><para>This parameter specifies the number of
- seconds the winbindd daemon will cache user and group information
- before querying a Windows NT server again. When a item in the
- cache is older than this time winbindd will ask the domain
- controller for the sequence number of the server's account database.
- If the sequence number has not changed then the cached item is
- marked as valid for a further <parameter>winbind cache time
- </parameter> seconds. Otherwise the item is fetched from the
- server. This means that as long as the account database is not
- actively changing winbindd will only have to send one sequence
- number query packet every <parameter>winbind cache time
- </parameter> seconds. </para>
-
- <para>Default: <command>winbind cache time = 15</command>
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>winbind enum users</term>
- <listitem><para>On large installations it may be necessary
- to suppress the enumeration of users through the <command>
- setpwent()</command>, <command>getpwent()</command> and
- <command>endpwent()</command> group of system calls. If
- the <parameter>winbind enum users</parameter> parameter is false,
- calls to the <command>getpwent</command> system call will not
- return any data. </para>
-
- <para><emphasis>Warning:</emphasis> Turning off user enumeration
- may cause some programs to behave oddly. For example, the <command>finger</command>
- program relies on having access to the full user list when
- searching for matching usernames. </para>
-
- <para>Default: <command>winbind enum users = yes </command></para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>winbind enum groups</term>
- <listitem><para>On large installations it may be necessary
- to suppress the enumeration of groups through the <command>
- setgrent()</command>, <command>getgrent()</command> and
- <command>endgrent()</command> group of system calls. If
- the <parameter>winbind enum groups</parameter> parameter is
- false, calls to the <command>getgrent()</command> system
- call will not return any data. </para>
-
- <para><emphasis>Warning:</emphasis> Turning off group
- enumeration may cause some programs to behave oddly.
- </para>
-
- <para>Default: <command>winbind enum groups = no </command>
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
-
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>template homedir</term>
- <listitem><para>When filling out the user information
- for a Windows NT user, the <command>winbindd</command> daemon
- uses this parameter to fill in the home directory for that user.
- If the string <parameter>%D</parameter> is present it is
- substituted with the user's Windows NT domain name. If the
- string <parameter>%U</parameter> is present it is substituted
- with the user's Windows NT user name. </para>
-
- <para>Default: <command>template homedir = /home/%D/%U </command>
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>template shell</term>
- <listitem><para>When filling out the user information for
- a Windows NT user, the <command>winbindd</command> daemon
- uses this parameter to fill in the shell for that user.
- </para>
-
- <para>Default: <command>template shell = /bin/false </command>
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>winbind use default domain</term>
- <listitem><para>This parameter specifies whether the <command>winbindd</command>
- daemon should operate on users without domain component in their username.
- Users without a domain component are treated as is part of the winbindd server's
- own domain. While this does not benifit Windows users, it makes SSH, FTP and e-mail
- function in a way much closer to the way they would in a native unix system.</para>
-
- <para>Default: <command>winbind use default domain = &lt;falseg&gt;
- </command></para>
- <para>Example: <command>winbind use default domain = true</command></para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para><ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#WINBINDSEPARATOR">
+ <parameter>winbind separator</parameter></ulink></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#WINBINDUID">
+ <parameter>winbind uid</parameter></ulink></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#WINBINDGID">
+ <parameter>winbind gid</parameter></ulink></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#WINBINDCACHETIME">
+ <parameter>winbind cache time</parameter></ulink></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#WINBINDENUMUSERS">
+ <parameter>winbind enum users</parameter></ulink></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#WINBINDENUMGROUPS">
+ <parameter>winbind enum groups</parameter></ulink></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#TEMPLATEHOMEDIR">
+ <parameter>template homedir</parameter></ulink></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#TEMPLATESHELL">
+ <parameter>template shell</parameter></ulink></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#WINBINDUSEDEFAULTDOMAIN">
+ <parameter>winbind use default domain</parameter></ulink></para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
</refsect1>