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authorJelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org>2003-03-31 21:48:59 +0000
committerJelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org>2003-03-31 21:48:59 +0000
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Update some info and typos in PAM-Authentication-And-Samba
(This used to be commit a4bbe4acf7262361931764a6c6cdd56a05fe86d4)
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diff --git a/docs/docbook/projdoc/PAM-Authentication-And-Samba.sgml b/docs/docbook/projdoc/PAM-Authentication-And-Samba.sgml
index adcd059bc2..d6fe6760b5 100644
--- a/docs/docbook/projdoc/PAM-Authentication-And-Samba.sgml
+++ b/docs/docbook/projdoc/PAM-Authentication-And-Samba.sgml
@@ -152,8 +152,7 @@ session required /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so nodelay
password required /lib/security/pam_smbpass.so nodelay smbconf=/etc/samba.d/smb.conf
</programlisting></para>
-<para>
-Note: PAM allows stacking of authentication mechanisms. It is
+<note><para>PAM allows stacking of authentication mechanisms. It is
also possible to pass information obtained within one PAM module through
to the next module in the PAM stack. Please refer to the documentation for
your particular system implementation for details regarding the specific
@@ -164,7 +163,7 @@ authentication to be configured in a single central file. The
on the basis that it allows for easier administration. As with all issues in
life though, every decision makes trade-offs, so you may want examine the
PAM documentation for further helpful information.
-</para>
+</para></note>
</sect1>
@@ -174,9 +173,9 @@ PAM documentation for further helpful information.
<para>
The astute administrator will realize from this that the
combination of <filename>pam_smbpass.so</filename>,
-<command>winbindd</command>, and <command>rsync</command> (see
-<ulink url="http://rsync.samba.org/">http://rsync.samba.org/</ulink>)
-will allow the establishment of a centrally managed, distributed
+<command>winbindd</command>, and a distributed
+passdb backend, such as ldap, will allow the establishment of a
+centrally managed, distributed
user/password database that can also be used by all
PAM (eg: Linux) aware programs and applications. This arrangement
can have particularly potent advantages compared with the
@@ -196,7 +195,7 @@ The following is from the on-line help for this option in SWAT;
</para>
<para>
-When Samba 2.2 is configure to enable PAM support (i.e.
+When Samba is configured to enable PAM support (i.e.
<constant>--with-pam</constant>), this parameter will
control whether or not Samba should obey PAM's account
and session management directives. The default behavior