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 		</affiliation>
 	</author>
 	
-	<pubdate>February 2003</pubdate>
+	<pubdate>May 24, 2003</pubdate>
 </chapterinfo>
+<title>Account Information Databases</title>
 
-<title>User information database</title>
+<para>
+Samba-3 implements a new capability to work concurrently with mulitple account backends.
+The possible new combinations of password backends allows Samba-3 a degree of flexibility
+and scalability that previously could be achieved only with MS Windows Active Directory.
+This chapter describes the new functionality and how to get the most out of it.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+In the course of development of Samba-3 a number of requests were received to provide the
+ability to migrate MS Windows NT4 SAM accounts to Samba-3 without the need to provide
+matching Unix/Linux accounts. We called this the <emphasis>Non Unix Accounts (NUA)</emphasis>
+capability. The intent was that an administrator could decide to use the <emphasis>tdbsam</emphasis>
+backend and by simply specifying <emphasis>"passdb backedn = tdbsam_nua, guest"</emphasis>
+this would allow Samba-3 to implement a solution that did not use Unix accounts per se. Late
+in the development cycle the team doing this work hit upon some obstacles that prevents this
+solution from being used. Given the delays with Samba-3 release a decision was made to NOT
+deliver this functionality until a better method of recognising NT Group SIDs from NT User
+SIDs could be found. This feature may thus return during the life cycle for the Samba-3 series.
+</para>
+
+<note><para>
+Samba-3.0.0 does NOT support Non-Unix Account (NUA) operation.
+</para></note>
 
 <sect1>
-	<title>Introduction</title>
+<title>Features and Benefits</title>
 
-	<para>Old windows clients send plain text passwords over the wire. 
-	Samba can check these passwords by crypting them and comparing them 
-	to the hash stored in the unix user database.
+<para>
+Samba-3 provides for complete backwards compatibility with Samba-2.2.x functionality
+as follows:
+</para>
+
+<variablelist>
+<title>Backwards Compatibility Backends</title>
+	<varlistentry><term>Plain Text:</term>
+		<listitem>
+			<para>
+			This option uses nothing but the Unix/Linux <filename>/etc/passwd</filename>
+			style back end. On systems that have PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules)
+			support all PAM modules are supported. The behaviour is just as it was with
+			Samba-2.2.x, and the protocol limitations imposed by MS Windows clients
+			apply likewise.
+			</para>
+		</listitem>
+	</varlistentry>
+
+	<varlistentry><term>smbpasswd:</term>
+		<listitem>
+			<para>
+			This option allows continues use of the <filename>smbpasswd</filename>
+			file that maintains a plain ASCII (text) layout that includes the MS Windows
+			LanMan and NT encrypted passwords as well as a field that stores some
+			account information. This form of password backend does NOT store any of
+			the MS Windows NT/200x SAM (Security Account Manager) information needed to
+			provide the extended controls that are needed for more comprehensive 
+			interoperation with MS Windows NT4 / 200x servers.
+			</para>
+		</listitem>
+	</varlistentry>
+
+	<varlistentry><term>ldapsam_compat (Samba-2.2 LDAP Compatibilty):</term>
+		<listitem>
+			<para>
+			There is a password backend option that allows continued operation with
+			a existing OpenLDAP backend that uses the Samba-2.2.x LDAP schema extension.
+			This option is provided primarily as a migration tool, although there is
+			no reason to force migration at this time.
+			</para>
+		</listitem>
+	</varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+
+<para>
+Samba-3 introduces the following new password backend capabilities:
+</para>
+
+<variablelist>
+<title>New Backends</title>
+	<varlistentry><term>tdbsam:</term>
+		<listitem>
+			<para>
+			The <emphasis>tdbsam</emphasis> password backend stores the old <emphasis>
+			smbpasswd</emphasis> information PLUS the extended MS Windows NT / 200x
+			SAM information into a binary format TDB (trivial database) file.
+			The inclusion of the extended information makes it possible for Samba-3
+			to implement the same account and system access controls that are possible
+			with MS Windows NT4 and MS Windows 200x based systems.
+			</para>
+
+			<para>
+			The inclusion of the <emphasis>tdbssam</emphasis> capability is a direct
+			response to user requests to allow simple site operation without the overhead
+			of the complexities of running OpenLDAP. It is recommended to use this only
+			for sites that have fewer than 250 users. For larger sites or implementations
+			the use of OpenLDAP or of Active Directory integration is strongly recommended.
+			</para>
+		</listitem>
+	</varlistentry>
+
+	<varlistentry><term>ldapsam:</term>
+		<listitem>
+			<para>
+			Samba-3 has a new and extended LDAP implementation that requires configuration
+			of OpenLDAP with a new format samba schema. The new format schema file is
+			included in the <filename>~samba/examples/LDAP</filename> directory.
+			</para>
+
+			<para>
+			The new LDAP implmentation significantly expands the control abilities that
+			were possible with prior versions of Samba. It is not possible to specify
+			"per user" profile settings, home directories, account access controls, and
+			much more. Corporate sites will see that the Samba-Team has listened to their
+			requests both for capability and to allow greater scalability.
+			</para>
+		</listitem>
+	</varlistentry>
+
+	<varlistentry><term>mysqlsam (MySQL based backend):</term>
+		<listitem>
+			<para>
+			It is expected that the MySQL based SAM will be very popular in some corners.
+			This database backend will be on considerable interest to sites that want to
+			leverage existing MySQL technology.
+			</para>
+		</listitem>
+	</varlistentry>
+
+	<varlistentry><term>xmlsam (XML based datafile):</term>
+		<listitem>
+			<para>
+			Allows the account and password data to be stored in an XML format
+			data file. This backend is NOT recommended for normal operation, it is
+			provided for developmental and for experimental use only. We recognise
+			that this will not stop some people from using it anyhow, it should work
+			but is NOT officially supported at this time (and likely will not be
+			at any time).
+			</para>
+
+			<para>
+			The xmlsam option can be useful for account migration between database
+			backends. Use of this tool will allow the data to be edited before migration
+			into another backend format.
+			</para>
+		</listitem>
+	</varlistentry>
+
+	<varlistentry><term>nisplussam:</term>
+		<listitem>
+			<para>
+			The  NIS+ based passdb backend. Takes name NIS domain as an
+	                optional argument. Only works with Sun NIS+ servers.
+			</para>
+		</listitem>
+	</varlistentry>
+
+	<varlistentry><term>plugin:</term>
+		<listitem>
+			<para>
+			This option allows any external non-Samba backend to interface directly
+			to the samba code. This facility will allow third part vendors to provide
+			a proprietary backend to Samba-3.
+			</para>
+		</listitem>
+	</varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1>
+	<title>Technical Information</title>
+
+	<para>
+	Old windows clients send plain text passwords over the wire. Samba can check these
+	passwords by crypting them and comparing them to the hash stored in the unix user database.
 	</para>
 	
 	<para>
-	Newer windows clients send encrypted passwords (so-called 
-	Lanman and NT hashes) over 
-	the wire, instead of plain text passwords. The newest clients 
-	will only send encrypted passwords and refuse to send plain text 
-	passwords, unless their registry is tweaked.
+	Newer windows clients send encrypted passwords (so-called Lanman and NT hashes) over 
+	the wire, instead of plain text passwords. The newest clients will send only encrypted
+	passwords and refuse to send plain text passwords, unless their registry is tweaked.
 	</para>
 
-	<para>These passwords can't be converted to unix style encrypted 
-	passwords. Because of that you can't use the standard unix 
-	user database, and you have to store the Lanman and NT hashes 
-	somewhere else. </para>
+	<para>
+	These passwords can't be converted to unix style encrypted passwords. Because of that
+	you can't use the standard unix user database, and you have to store the Lanman and NT
+	hashes somewhere else.
+	</para>
 	
-	<para>Next to a differently encrypted passwords, 
-	windows also stores certain data for each user 
-	that is not stored in a unix user database, e.g. 
-	workstations the user may logon from, the location where his/her 
-	profile is stored, etc.
-	Samba retrieves and stores this information using a "passdb backend".
-	Commonly
-	available backends are LDAP, plain text file, MySQL and nisplus.
-	For more information, see the documentation about the 
+	<para>
+	In addition to differently encrypted passwords, windows also stores certain data for each
+	user that is not stored in a unix user database. e.g: workstations the user may logon from,
+	the location where the users' profile is stored, and so on. Samba retrieves and stores this
+	information using a "passdb backend".  Commonly available backends are LDAP, plain text
+	file, MySQL and nisplus.  For more information, see the man page for &smb.conf; regarding the 
 	<command>passdb backend = </command> parameter.
 	</para>
-</sect1>
 
-<sect1>
+	<sect2>
 	<title>Important Notes About Security</title>
-	
-	<para>The unix and SMB password encryption techniques seem similar 
-	on the surface. This similarity is, however, only skin deep. The unix 
-	scheme typically sends clear text passwords over the network when 
-	logging in. This is bad. The SMB encryption scheme never sends the 
-	cleartext password over the network but it does store the 16 byte 
-	hashed values on disk. This is also bad. Why? Because the 16 byte hashed 
-	values are a "password equivalent". You cannot derive the user's 
-	password from them, but they could potentially be used in a modified 
-	client to gain access to a server. This would require considerable 
-	technical knowledge on behalf of the attacker but is perfectly possible. 
-	You should thus treat the data stored in whatever 
-	passdb backend you use (smbpasswd file, ldap, mysql) as though it contained the 
-	cleartext passwords of all your users. Its contents must be kept 
-	secret, and the file should be protected accordingly.</para>
-	
-	<para>Ideally we would like a password scheme which neither requires 
-	plain text passwords on the net or on disk. Unfortunately this 
-	is not available as Samba is stuck with being compatible with 
-	other SMB systems (WinNT, WfWg, Win95 etc). </para>
-
-	<warning>
-		<para>Note that Windows NT 4.0 Service pack 3 changed the 
-		default for permissible authentication so that plaintext 
-		passwords are <emphasis>never</emphasis> sent over the wire. 
-		The solution to this is either to switch to encrypted passwords 
-		with Samba or edit the Windows NT registry to re-enable plaintext 
-		passwords. See the document WinNT.txt for details on how to do 
-		this.</para>
 		
-		<para>Other Microsoft operating systems which also exhibit 
-		this behavior includes</para>
+		<para>
+		The unix and SMB password encryption techniques seem similar on the surface. This
+		similarity is, however, only skin deep. The unix scheme typically sends clear text
+		passwords over the network when logging in. This is bad. The SMB encryption scheme
+		never sends the cleartext password over the network but it does store the 16 byte 
+		hashed values on disk. This is also bad. Why? Because the 16 byte hashed values
+		are a "password equivalent". You cannot derive the user's password from them, but
+		they could potentially be used in a modified client to gain access to a server.
+		This would require considerable technical knowledge on behalf of the attacker but
+		is perfectly possible. You should thus treat the data stored in whatever passdb
+		backend you use (smbpasswd file, ldap, mysql) as though it contained the cleartext
+		passwords of all your users. Its contents must be kept secret, and the file should
+		be protected accordingly.
+		</para>
 		
-		<para> These versions of MS Windows do not support full domain
-		security protocols, although they may log onto a domain environment.
-		Of these Only MS Windows XP Home does NOT support domain logons.</para>
-
-		<simplelist>
-			<member>MS DOS Network client 3.0 with 
-			the basic network redirector installed</member>
-			
-			<member>Windows 95 with the network redirector 
-			update installed</member>
-			
-			<member>Windows 98 [se]</member>
-
-			<member>Windows Me</member>
-
-			<member>Windows XP Home</member>
-		</simplelist>
-
-		<para> The following versions of MS Windows fully support domain
-		security protocols.</para>
-
-		<simplelist>
-			<member>Windows NT 3.5x</member>
-			<member>Windows NT 4.0</member>
-			<member>Windows 2000 Professional</member>
-			<member>Windows 200x Server/Advanced Server</member>
-			<member>Windows XP Professional</member>
-		</simplelist>
-	</warning>
+		<para>
+		Ideally we would like a password scheme that involves neither plain text passwords
+		on the net nor on disk. Unfortunately this is not available as Samba is stuck with
+		having to be compatible with other SMB systems (WinNT, WfWg, Win95 etc).
+		</para>
+
+		<para>
+		Windows NT 4.0 Service pack 3 changed the default setting so that plaintext passwords
+		are disabled from being sent over the wire. This mandates either the use of encrypted
+		password support or edit the Windows NT registry to re-enable plaintext passwords.
+		</para>
 		
-	<note><para>All current release of 
-	Microsoft SMB/CIFS clients support authentication via the
-	SMB Challenge/Response mechanism described here.  Enabling
-	clear text authentication does not disable the ability
-	of the client to participate in encrypted authentication.</para></note>
-
-	<para>MS Windows clients will cache the encrypted password alone.
-	Even when plain text passwords are re-enabled, through the appropriate
-	registry change, the plain text password is NEVER cached. This means that
-	in the event that a network connections should become disconnected (broken)
-	only the cached (encrypted) password will be sent to the resource server
-	to affect a auto-reconnect. If the resource server does not support encrypted
-	passwords the auto-reconnect will fail. <emphasis>USE OF ENCRYPTED PASSWORDS
-	IS STRONGLY ADVISED.</emphasis></para>
-
-	<sect2>
-		<title>Advantages of SMB Encryption</title>
-
-		<simplelist>
-			<member>Plain text passwords are not passed across 
-			the network. Someone using a network sniffer cannot just 
-			record passwords going to the SMB server.</member>
-		 
-			<member>WinNT doesn't like talking to a server 
-			that does not support encrypted passwords. It will refuse 
-			to browse the server if the server is also in user level 
-			security mode. It will insist on prompting the user for the 
-			password on each connection, which is very annoying. The
-			only things you can do to stop this is to use SMB encryption.
-			</member>
-
-			<member>Encrypted password support allows automatic share
-			(resource) reconnects.</member>
-		</simplelist>
-	</sect2>
-
-
-	<sect2>
+		<para>
+		The following versions of MS Windows do not support full domain security protocols,
+		although they may log onto a domain environment:
+		</para>
+
+		<itemizedlist>
+			<listitem><para>
+			MS DOS Network client 3.0 with the basic network redirector installed
+			</para></listitem>
+
+			<listitem><para>
+			Windows 95 with the network redirector update installed
+			</para></listitem>
+
+			<listitem><para>
+			Windows 98 [se]
+			</para></listitem>
+
+			<listitem><para>
+			Windows Me</para>
+			</listitem>
+		</itemizedlist>
+
+		<note>
+		<para>
+ 		MS Windows XP Home does not have facilities to become a domain member and it can
+		not participate in domain logons.
+		</para>
+		</note>
+
+		<para>
+		The following versions of MS Windows fully support domain security protocols.
+		</para>
+
+		<itemizedlist>
+			<listitem><para>Windows NT 3.5x</para></listitem>
+			<listitem><para>Windows NT 4.0</para></listitem>
+			<listitem><para>Windows 2000 Professional</para></listitem>
+			<listitem><para>Windows 200x Server/Advanced Server</para></listitem>
+			<listitem><para>Windows XP Professional</para></listitem>
+		</itemizedlist>
+			
+		<para>
+		All current release of Microsoft SMB/CIFS clients support authentication via the
+		SMB Challenge/Response mechanism described here. Enabling clear text authentication
+		does not disable the ability of the client to participate in encrypted authentication.
+		Instead, it allows the client to negotiate either plain text _or_ encrypted password
+		handling.
+		</para>
+
+		<para>
+		MS Windows clients will cache the encrypted password alone. Where plain text passwords
+		are re-enabled, through the appropriate registry change, the plain text password is NEVER
+		cached. This means that in the event that a network connections should become disconnected
+		(broken) only the cached (encrypted) password will be sent to the resource server to
+		affect a auto-reconnect. If the resource server does not support encrypted passwords the
+		auto-reconnect will fail. <emphasis>USE OF ENCRYPTED PASSWORDS IS STRONGLY ADVISED.</emphasis>
+		</para>
+
+		<sect3>
+		<title>Advantages of Encrypted Passwords</title>
+
+			<itemizedlist>
+				<listitem><para>Plain text passwords are not passed across 
+				the network. Someone using a network sniffer cannot just 
+				record passwords going to the SMB server.</para></listitem>
+
+				<listitem><para>Plain text passwords are not stored anywhere in
+				memory or on disk.</para></listitem>
+			 
+				<listitem><para>WinNT doesn't like talking to a server 
+				that does not support encrypted passwords. It will refuse 
+				to browse the server if the server is also in user level 
+				security mode. It will insist on prompting the user for the 
+				password on each connection, which is very annoying. The
+				only things you can do to stop this is to use SMB encryption.
+				</para></listitem>
+
+				<listitem><para>Encrypted password support allows automatic share
+				(resource) reconnects.</para></listitem>
+
+				<listitem><para>Encrypted passwords are essential for PDC/BDC
+				operation.</para></listitem>
+			</itemizedlist>
+		</sect3>
+
+
+		<sect3>
 		<title>Advantages of non-encrypted passwords</title>
 
-		<simplelist>
-			<member>Plain text passwords are not kept 
-			on disk, and are NOT cached in memory. </member>
-			
-			<member>Uses same password file as other unix 
-			services such as login and ftp</member>
-			
-			<member>Use of other services (such as telnet and ftp) which
-			send plain text passwords over the net, so sending them for SMB
-			isn't such a big deal.</member>
-		</simplelist>
+			<itemizedlist>
+				<listitem><para>Plain text passwords are not kept 
+				on disk, and are NOT cached in memory. </para></listitem>
+				
+				<listitem><para>Uses same password file as other unix 
+				services such as login and ftp</para></listitem>
+				
+				<listitem><para>Use of other services (such as telnet and ftp) which
+				send plain text passwords over the net, so sending them for SMB
+				isn't such a big deal.</para></listitem>
+			</itemizedlist>
+		</sect3>
 	</sect2>
 </sect1>
 
-
-<sect1>
-	<title>The smbpasswd Command</title>
-	
-	<para>The smbpasswd utility is a utility similar to the 
-	<command>passwd</command> or <command>yppasswd</command> programs.
-	It maintains the two 32 byte password fields in the passdb backend. </para>
-
-	<para><command>smbpasswd</command> works in a client-server mode 
-	where it contacts the local smbd to change the user's password on its 
-	behalf. This has enormous benefits - as follows.</para>
-
-	<para><command>smbpasswd</command> has the capability 
-	to change passwords on Windows NT servers (this only works when 
-	the request is sent to the NT Primary Domain Controller if you 
-	are changing an NT Domain user's password).</para>
-	
-	<para>To run smbpasswd as a normal user just type :</para>
-	
-	<para><prompt>$ </prompt><userinput>smbpasswd</userinput></para>
-	<para><prompt>Old SMB password: </prompt><userinput>&lt;type old value here - 
-	or hit return if there was no old password&gt;</userinput></para>
-	<para><prompt>New SMB Password: </prompt><userinput>&lt;type new value&gt;
-	</userinput></para>
-	<para><prompt>Repeat New SMB Password: </prompt><userinput>&lt;re-type new value
-	</userinput></para>
-	
-	<para>If the old value does not match the current value stored for 
-	that user, or the two new values do not match each other, then the 
-	password will not be changed.</para>
-	
-	<para>If invoked by an ordinary user it will only allow the user 
-	to change his or her own Samba password.</para>
-	
-	<para>If run by the root user smbpasswd may take an optional 
-	argument, specifying the user name whose SMB password you wish to 
-	change.  Note that when run as root smbpasswd does not prompt for 
-	or check the old password value, thus allowing root to set passwords 
-	for users who have forgotten their passwords.</para>
-	
-	<para><command>smbpasswd</command> is designed to work in the same way 
-	and be familiar to UNIX users who use the <command>passwd</command> or 
-	<command>yppasswd</command> commands.</para>
-
-	<para>For more details on using <command>smbpasswd</command> refer 
-	to the man page which will always be the definitive reference.</para>
-</sect1>
-
-<!--
 <sect1>
-<title>The <command>pdbedit</command> command</title>
-FIXME
-</sect1>
--->
+<title>Account Management Tools</title>
 
-<sect1>
-<title>Plain text</title>
 <para>
-Older versions of samba retrieved user information from the unix user database 
-and eventually some other fields from the file <filename>/etc/samba/smbpasswd</filename>
-or <filename>/etc/smbpasswd</filename>. When password encryption is disabled, no 
-data is stored at all.
+Samba-3 provides two (2) tools for management of User and machine accounts. These tools are
+called <filename>smbpasswd</filename> and <filename>pdbedit</filename>. A third tool is under
+development but is NOT expected to ship in time for Samba-3.0.0. The new tool will be a TCL/TK
+GUI tool that looks much like the MS Windows NT4 Domain User Manager - hopefully this will
+be announced in time for samba-3.0.1 release timing.
 </para>
-</sect1>
+	<sect2>
+	<title>The <emphasis>smbpasswd</emphasis> Command</title>
+	
+		<para>
+		The smbpasswd utility is a utility similar to the <command>passwd</command>
+		or <command>yppasswd</command> programs.  It maintains the two 32 byte password
+		fields in the passdb backend.
+		</para>
+
+		<para>
+		<command>smbpasswd</command> works in a client-server mode where it contacts the
+		local smbd to change the user's password on its behalf.This has enormous benefits
+		as follows:
+		</para>
+
+		<para>
+		<command>smbpasswd</command> has the capability to change passwords on Windows NT
+		servers (this only works when the request is sent to the NT Primary Domain Controller
+		if changing an NT Domain user's password).
+		</para>
+
+		<para>
+		<command>smbpasswd</command> can be used to:
+		</para>
+		
+		<itemizedlist>
+			<listitem><para>
+			<emphasis>add</emphasis> user or machine accounts
+			</para></listitem>
+
+			<listitem><para>
+			<emphasis>delete</emphasis> user or machine accounts
+			</para></listitem>
+
+			<listitem><para>
+			<emphasis>enable</emphasis> user or machine accounts
+			</para></listitem>
+
+			<listitem><para>
+			<emphasis>disable</emphasis> user or machine accounts
+			</para></listitem>
+
+			<listitem><para>
+			<emphasis>set to NULL</emphasis> user passwords
+			</para></listitem>
+
+			<listitem><para>
+			<emphasis>manage interdomain trust accounts</emphasis>
+			</para></listitem>
+		</itemizedlist>
+		
+		<para>
+		To run smbpasswd as a normal user just type:
+		</para>
+		
+		<para>
+		<programlisting>
+		<prompt>$ </prompt><userinput>smbpasswd</userinput>
+		<prompt>Old SMB password: </prompt><userinput>&lt;secret&gt;</userinput>
+		</programlisting>
+		For <emphasis>secret</emphasis> type old value here - or hit return if
+		there was no old password
+		<programlisting>
+		<prompt>New SMB Password: </prompt><userinput>&lt;new secret&gt;</userinput>
+		<prompt>Repeat New SMB Password: </prompt><userinput>&lt;new secret&gt;</userinput>
+		</programlisting>
+		</para>
+		
+		<para>
+		If the old value does not match the current value stored for that user, or the two
+		new values do not match each other, then the password will not be changed.
+		</para>
+		
+		<para>
+		When invoked by an ordinary user it will only allow change of their own
+		SMB password.
+		</para>
+		
+		<para>
+		When run by root smbpasswd may take an optional argument, specifying
+		the user name whose SMB password you wish to change. When run as root, smbpasswd
+		does not prompt for or check the old password value, thus allowing root to set passwords 
+		for users who have forgotten their passwords.
+		</para>
+		
+		<para>
+		<command>smbpasswd</command> is designed to work in the way familiar to UNIX
+		users who use the <command>passwd</command> or <command>yppasswd</command> commands.
+		While designed for administrative use, this tool provides essential user level
+		password change capabilities.
+		</para>
+
+		<para>
+		For more details on using <command>smbpasswd</command> refer to the man page (the
+		definitive reference).
+		</para>
+	</sect2>
 
-<sect1>
-<title>TDB</title>
-<para>Samba can also store the user data in a "TDB" (Trivial Database). Using this backend 
-doesn't require any additional configuration. This backend is recommended for new installations that 
-don not require LDAP.
-</para>
+	<sect2>
+	<title>The <emphasis>pdbedit</emphasis> Command</title>
+
+		<para>
+		<command>pdbedit</command> is a tool that can be used only by root. It is used to
+		manage the passdb backend. <command>pdbedit</command> can be used to:
+		</para>
+
+		<itemizedlist>
+			<listitem><para>
+			add, remove or modify user accounts
+			</para></listitem>
+
+			<listitem><para>
+			listing user accounts
+			</para></listitem>
+
+			<listitem><para>
+			migrate user accounts
+			</para></listitem>
+		</itemizedlist>
+
+		<para>
+		The <command>pdbedit</command> tool is the only one that can manage the account
+		security and policy settings. It is capable of all operations that smbpasswd can
+		do as well as a super set of them.
+		</para>
+
+		<para>
+		One particularly important purpose of the <command>pdbedit</command> is to allow
+		the migration of account information from one passdb backend to another. See the
+		<link linkend="XMLpassdb">XML</link> password backend section of this chapter.
+		</para>
+
+		<para>
+		The following is an example of the user account information that is stored in
+		a tdbsam password backend. This listing was produced by running:
+		</para>
+
+		<para>
+		pdbedit -Lv met
+		<programlisting>
+		Unix username:        met
+		NT username:
+		Account Flags:        [UX         ]
+		User SID:             S-1-5-21-1449123459-1407424037-3116680435-2004
+		Primary Group SID:    S-1-5-21-1449123459-1407424037-3116680435-1201
+		Full Name:            Melissa E Terpstra
+		Home Directory:       \\frodo\met\Win9Profile
+		HomeDir Drive:        H:
+		Logon Script:         scripts\logon.bat
+		Profile Path:         \\frodo\Profiles\met
+		Domain:               MIDEARTH
+		Account desc:
+		Workstations:         melbelle
+		Munged dial:
+		Logon time:           0
+		Logoff time:          Mon, 18 Jan 2038 20:14:07 GMT
+		Kickoff time:         Mon, 18 Jan 2038 20:14:07 GMT
+		Password last set:    Sat, 14 Dec 2002 14:37:03 GMT
+		Password can change:  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 14:37:03 GMT
+		Password must change: Mon, 18 Jan 2038 20:14:07 GMT
+		</programlisting>
+		</para>
+
+	</sect2>
 </sect1>
 
 <sect1>
-<title>LDAP</title>
-
-<sect2>
-<title>Introduction</title>
+<title>Password Backends</title>
 
 <para>
-This document describes how to use an LDAP directory for storing Samba user
-account information traditionally stored in the smbpasswd(5) file.  It is
-assumed that the reader already has a basic understanding of LDAP concepts
-and has a working directory server already installed.  For more information
-on LDAP architectures and Directories, please refer to the following sites.
+Samba-3 offers the greatest flexibility in backend account database design of any SMB/CIFS server
+technology available today. The flexibility is immediately obvious as one begins to explore this
+capability.
 </para>
 
-<itemizedlist>
-	<listitem><para>OpenLDAP - <ulink url="http://www.openldap.org/">http://www.openldap.org/</ulink></para></listitem>
-	<listitem><para>iPlanet Directory Server - <ulink url="http://iplanet.netscape.com/directory">http://iplanet.netscape.com/directory</ulink></para></listitem>
-</itemizedlist>
-
 <para>
-Note that <ulink url="http://www.ora.com/">O'Reilly Publishing</ulink> is working on
-a guide to LDAP for System Administrators which has a planned release date of
-early summer, 2002.
+It is possible to specify not only multiple different password backends, but even multiple
+backends of the same type. For example, to use two different tdbsam databases:
 </para>
 
 <para>
-Two additional Samba resources which may prove to be helpful are
-</para>
-
-<itemizedlist>
-	<listitem><para>The <ulink url="http://www.unav.es/cti/ldap-smb/ldap-smb-3-howto.html">Samba-PDC-LDAP-HOWTO</ulink>
-	maintained by Ignacio Coupeau.</para></listitem>
-
-	<listitem><para>The NT migration scripts from <ulink url="http://samba.idealx.org/">IDEALX</ulink> that are
-	geared to manage users and group in such a Samba-LDAP Domain Controller configuration.
-	</para></listitem>
-</itemizedlist>
-
-</sect2>
-
-<sect2>
-<title>Encrypted Password Database</title>
-
-<para>
-Traditionally, when configuring <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#ENCRYPTPASSWORDS">"encrypt
-passwords = yes"</ulink> in Samba's <filename>smb.conf</filename> file, user account
-information such as username, LM/NT password hashes, password change times, and account
-flags have been stored in the <filename>smbpasswd(5)</filename> file.  There are several
-disadvantages to this approach for sites with very large numbers of users (counted
-in the thousands).
+<programlisting>
+In smb.conf [globals]
+	passdb backend = tdbsam:/etc/samba/passdb.tdb, \
+		tdbsam:/etc/samba/old-passdb.tdb, guest
+</programlisting>
 </para>
 
-<itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para>
-The first is that all lookups must be performed sequentially.  Given that
-there are approximately two lookups per domain logon (one for a normal
-session connection such as when mapping a network drive or printer), this
-is a performance bottleneck for large sites.  What is needed is an indexed approach
-such as is used in databases.
-</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para>
-The second problem is that administrators who desired to replicate a
-smbpasswd file to more than one Samba server were left to use external
-tools such as <command>rsync(1)</command> and <command>ssh(1)</command>
-and wrote custom, in-house scripts.
-</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para>
-And finally, the amount of information which is stored in an
-smbpasswd entry leaves no room for additional attributes such as
-a home directory, password expiration time, or even a Relative
-Identified (RID).
-</para></listitem>
-</itemizedlist>
 
-<para>
-As a result of these defeciencies, a more robust means of storing user attributes
-used by smbd was developed.  The API which defines access to user accounts
-is commonly referred to as the samdb interface (previously this was called the passdb
-API, and is still so named in the CVS trees). 
-</para>
-
-<para>
-There are a few points to stress about that the ldapsam
-does not provide.  The LDAP support referred to in the this documentation does not
-include:
-</para>
+	<sect2>
+	<title>Plain Text</title>
 
-<itemizedlist>
-	<listitem><para>A means of retrieving user account information from
-	an Windows 2000 Active Directory server.</para></listitem>
-	<listitem><para>A means of replacing /etc/passwd.</para></listitem>
-</itemizedlist>
+		<para>
+		Older versions of samba retrieved user information from the unix user database 
+		and eventually some other fields from the file <filename>/etc/samba/smbpasswd</filename>
+		or <filename>/etc/smbpasswd</filename>. When password encryption is disabled, no 
+		SMB specific data is stored at all. Instead all operations are conduected via the way
+		that the samba host OS will access it's <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> database.
+		eg: On Linux systems that is done via PAM.
+		</para>
 
-<para>
-The second item can be accomplished by using LDAP NSS and PAM modules.  LGPL
-versions of these libraries can be obtained from PADL Software
-(<ulink url="http://www.padl.com/">http://www.padl.com/</ulink>). More
-information about the configuration of these packages may be found at "LDAP,
-System Administration; Gerald Carter, O'Reilly; Chapter 6: Replacing NIS".
-</para>
+	</sect2>
 
-</sect2>
+	<sect2>
+	<title>smbpasswd - Encrypted Password Database</title>
+
+		<para>
+		Traditionally, when configuring <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#ENCRYPTPASSWORDS">"encrypt
+		passwords = yes"</ulink> in Samba's <filename>smb.conf</filename> file, user account
+		information such as username, LM/NT password hashes, password change times, and account
+		flags have been stored in the <filename>smbpasswd(5)</filename> file.  There are several
+		disadvantages to this approach for sites with very large numbers of users (counted
+		in the thousands).
+		</para>
+
+		<itemizedlist>
+		<listitem><para>
+		The first is that all lookups must be performed sequentially.  Given that
+		there are approximately two lookups per domain logon (one for a normal
+		session connection such as when mapping a network drive or printer), this
+		is a performance bottleneck for large sites.  What is needed is an indexed approach
+		such as is used in databases.
+		</para></listitem>
+
+		<listitem><para>
+		The second problem is that administrators who desire to replicate a smbpasswd file
+		to more than one Samba server were left to use external tools such as
+		<command>rsync(1)</command> and <command>ssh(1)</command> and wrote custom,
+		in-house scripts.
+		</para></listitem>
+
+		<listitem><para>
+		And finally, the amount of information which is stored in an smbpasswd entry leaves
+		no room for additional attributes such as a home directory, password expiration time,
+		or even a Relative Identified (RID).
+		</para></listitem>
+		</itemizedlist>
+
+		<para>
+		As a result of these defeciencies, a more robust means of storing user attributes
+		used by smbd was developed.  The API which defines access to user accounts
+		is commonly referred to as the samdb interface (previously this was called the passdb
+		API, and is still so named in the Samba CVS trees). 
+		</para>
+
+		<para>
+		Samba-3 provides an enhanced set of passdb backends that overcome the deficiencies
+		of the smbpasswd plain text database. These are tdbsam, ldapsam, and xmlsam.
+		Of these ldapsam will be of most interest to large corporate or enterprise sites.
+		</para>
 
-<sect2>
-<title>Supported LDAP Servers</title>
+	</sect2>
 
-<!-- FIXME: This is outdated for 3.0 -->
+	<sect2>
+	<title>tdbsam</title>
 
-<para>
-The LDAP samdb code in 2.2.3 (and later) has been developed and tested
-using the OpenLDAP 2.0 server and client libraries. 
-The same code should be able to work with Netscape's Directory Server
-and client SDK. However, due to lack of testing so far, there are bound
-to be compile errors and bugs.  These should not be hard to fix.
-If you are so inclined, please be sure to forward all patches to
-<ulink url="mailto:samba-patches@samba.org">samba-patches@samba.org</ulink> and
-<ulink url="mailto:jerry@samba.org">jerry@samba.org</ulink>.
-</para>
+		<para>Samba can store user and machine account data in a "TDB" (Trivial Database).
+		Using this backend doesn't require any additional configuration. This backend is
+		recommended for new installations that do not require LDAP.
+		</para>
 
-</sect2>
+		<para>
+		As a general guide the Samba-Team do NOT recommend using the tdbsam backend for sites
+		that have 250 or more users. Additionally, tdbsam is not capable of scaling for use
+		in sites that require PDB/BDC implmentations that requires replication of the account
+		database. Clearly, for reason of scalability the use of ldapsam should be encouraged.
+		</para>
 
-<sect2>
-<title>Schema and Relationship to the RFC 2307 posixAccount</title>
+	</sect2>
 
+	<sect2>
+	<title>ldapsam</title>
+
+		<para>
+		There are a few points to stress that the ldapsam does not provide. The LDAP
+		support referred to in the this documentation does not include:
+		</para>
+
+		<itemizedlist>
+			<listitem><para>A means of retrieving user account information from
+			an Windows 200x Active Directory server.</para></listitem>
+			<listitem><para>A means of replacing /etc/passwd.</para></listitem>
+		</itemizedlist>
+
+		<para>
+		The second item can be accomplished by using LDAP NSS and PAM modules.  LGPL
+		versions of these libraries can be obtained from PADL Software
+		(<ulink url="http://www.padl.com/">http://www.padl.com/</ulink>). More
+		information about the configuration of these packages may be found at "LDAP,
+		System Administration; Gerald Carter, O'Reilly; Chapter 6: Replacing NIS".
+		Refer to <ulink url="http://safari.oreilly.com/?XmlId=1-56592-491-6">
+		http://safari.oreilly.com/?XmlId=1-56592-491-6</ulink> for those who might wish to know
+                more about configuration and adminstration of an OpenLDAP server.
+		</para>
+
+		<para>
+		This document describes how to use an LDAP directory for storing Samba user
+		account information traditionally stored in the smbpasswd(5) file.  It is
+		assumed that the reader already has a basic understanding of LDAP concepts
+		and has a working directory server already installed.  For more information
+		on LDAP architectures and Directories, please refer to the following sites.
+		</para>
+
+		<itemizedlist>
+			<listitem><para>OpenLDAP - <ulink url="http://www.openldap.org/">http://www.openldap.org/</ulink></para></listitem>
+			<listitem><para>iPlanet Directory Server -
+			 <ulink url="http://iplanet.netscape.com/directory">http://iplanet.netscape.com/directory</ulink></para></listitem>
+		</itemizedlist>
+
+		<para>
+		Two additional Samba resources which may prove to be helpful are
+		</para>
+
+		<itemizedlist>
+			<listitem><para>The <ulink url="http://www.unav.es/cti/ldap-smb/ldap-smb-3-howto.html">Samba-PDC-LDAP-HOWTO</ulink>
+			maintained by Ignacio Coupeau.</para></listitem>
+
+			<listitem><para>The NT migration scripts from <ulink url="http://samba.idealx.org/">IDEALX</ulink> that are
+			geared to manage users and group in such a Samba-LDAP Domain Controller configuration.
+			</para></listitem>
+		</itemizedlist>
+
+		<sect3>
+		<title>Supported LDAP Servers</title>
+
+<!-- Fix Me Please - This reflects poorly on us for not maintaining this info -->
+
+			<para>
+			The LDAP ldapsam code has been developed and tested using the OpenLDAP server and client libraries. 
+			The same code should be able to work with Netscape's Directory Server and client SDK. However, due
+			to lack of testing so far, there are bound to be compile errors and bugs. These should not be hard to fix.
+			If you are so inclined, please be sure to forward all patches to
+			<ulink url="mailto:samba-patches@samba.org">samba-patches@samba.org</ulink> and
+			<ulink url="mailto:jerry@samba.org">jerry@samba.org</ulink>.
+			</para>
+
+		</sect3>
+
+		<sect3>
+		<title>Schema and Relationship to the RFC 2307 posixAccount</title>
+
+
+			<para>
+			Samba 3.0 includes the necessary schema file for OpenLDAP 2.0 in
+			<filename>examples/LDAP/samba.schema</filename>.  The sambaAccount objectclass is given here:
+			</para>
 
 <para>
-Samba 3.0 includes the necessary schema file for OpenLDAP 2.0 in
-<filename>examples/LDAP/samba.schema</filename>.  The sambaAccount objectclass is given here:
-</para>
-
-<para><programlisting>
+<programlisting>
 objectclass ( 1.3.1.5.1.4.1.7165.2.2.2 NAME 'sambaAccount' SUP top AUXILIARY
      DESC 'Samba Account'
      MUST ( uid $ rid )
      MAY  ( cn $ lmPassword $ ntPassword $ pwdLastSet $ logonTime $
-            logoffTime $ kickoffTime $ pwdCanChange $ pwdMustChange $ acctFlags $
-            displayName $ smbHome $ homeDrive $ scriptPath $ profilePath $
-            description $ userWorkstations $ primaryGroupID $ domain ))
-</programlisting></para>
-
-<para>
-The samba.schema file has been formatted for OpenLDAP 2.0.  The OID's are
-owned by the Samba Team and as such is legal to be openly published.
-If you translate the schema to be used with Netscape DS, please
-submit the modified schema file as a patch to <ulink
-url="mailto:jerry@samba.org">jerry@samba.org</ulink>
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Just as the smbpasswd file is meant to store information which supplements a
-user's <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> entry, so is the sambaAccount object
-meant to supplement the UNIX user account information.  A sambaAccount is a
-<constant>STRUCTURAL</constant> objectclass so it can be stored individually
-in the directory.  However, there are several fields (e.g. uid) which overlap
-with the posixAccount objectclass outlined in RFC2307.  This is by design.
-</para>
+	    logoffTime $ kickoffTime $ pwdCanChange $ pwdMustChange $ acctFlags $
+	    displayName $ smbHome $ homeDrive $ scriptPath $ profilePath $
+	    description $ userWorkstations $ primaryGroupID $ domain ))
 
-<!--olem: we should perhaps have a note about shadowAccounts too as many
-systems use them, isn'it ? -->
 
-<para>
-In order to store all user account information (UNIX and Samba) in the directory,
-it is necessary to use the sambaAccount and posixAccount objectclasses in
-combination.  However, smbd will still obtain the user's UNIX account
-information via the standard C library calls (e.g. getpwnam(), et. al.).
-This means that the Samba server must also have the LDAP NSS library installed
-and functioning correctly.  This division of information makes it possible to
-store all Samba account information in LDAP, but still maintain UNIX account
-information in NIS while the network is transitioning to a full LDAP infrastructure.
+</programlisting>
 </para>
-</sect2>
 
-<sect2>
-<title>Configuring Samba with LDAP</title>
-
-
-<sect3>
-<title>OpenLDAP configuration</title>
-
-<para>
-To include support for the sambaAccount object in an OpenLDAP directory
-server, first copy the samba.schema file to slapd's configuration directory.
-</para>
+			<para>
+			The samba.schema file has been formatted for OpenLDAP 2.0.  The OID's are
+			owned by the Samba Team and as such is legal to be openly published.
+			If you translate the schema to be used with Netscape DS, please
+			submit the modified schema file as a patch to <ulink
+			url="mailto:jerry@samba.org">jerry@samba.org</ulink>
+			</para>
+
+			<para>
+			Just as the smbpasswd file is meant to store information which supplements a
+			user's <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> entry, so is the sambaAccount object
+			meant to supplement the UNIX user account information.  A sambaAccount is a
+			<constant>STRUCTURAL</constant> objectclass so it can be stored individually
+			in the directory.  However, there are several fields (e.g. uid) which overlap
+			with the posixAccount objectclass outlined in RFC2307.  This is by design.
+			</para>
+
+			<!--olem: we should perhaps have a note about shadowAccounts too as many
+			systems use them, isn'it ? -->
+
+			<para>
+			In order to store all user account information (UNIX and Samba) in the directory,
+			it is necessary to use the sambaAccount and posixAccount objectclasses in
+			combination.  However, smbd will still obtain the user's UNIX account
+			information via the standard C library calls (e.g. getpwnam(), et. al.).
+			This means that the Samba server must also have the LDAP NSS library installed
+			and functioning correctly.  This division of information makes it possible to
+			store all Samba account information in LDAP, but still maintain UNIX account
+			information in NIS while the network is transitioning to a full LDAP infrastructure.
+			</para>
+		</sect3>
+
+		<sect3>
+		<title>OpenLDAP configuration</title>
+
+			<para>
+			To include support for the sambaAccount object in an OpenLDAP directory
+			server, first copy the samba.schema file to slapd's configuration directory.
+			</para>
 
 <para>
+<programlisting>
 <prompt>root# </prompt><userinput>cp samba.schema /etc/openldap/schema/</userinput>
+</programlisting>
 </para>
 
-<para>
-Next, include the <filename>samba.schema</filename> file in <filename>slapd.conf</filename>.
-The sambaAccount object contains two attributes which depend upon other schema
-files.  The 'uid' attribute is defined in <filename>cosine.schema</filename> and
-the 'displayName' attribute is defined in the <filename>inetorgperson.schema</filename>
-file.  Both of these must be included before the <filename>samba.schema</filename> file.
-</para>
+			<para>
+			Next, include the <filename>samba.schema</filename> file in <filename>slapd.conf</filename>.
+			The sambaAccount object contains two attributes which depend upon other schema
+			files.  The 'uid' attribute is defined in <filename>cosine.schema</filename> and
+			the 'displayName' attribute is defined in the <filename>inetorgperson.schema</filename>
+			file.  Both of these must be included before the <filename>samba.schema</filename> file.
+			</para>
 
-<para><programlisting>
+<para>
+<programlisting>
 ## /etc/openldap/slapd.conf
 
 ## schema files (core.schema is required by default)
@@ -452,518 +785,561 @@ include            /etc/openldap/schema/cosine.schema
 include            /etc/openldap/schema/inetorgperson.schema
 include            /etc/openldap/schema/samba.schema
 include            /etc/openldap/schema/nis.schema
-
 ....
-</programlisting></para>
+</programlisting>
+</para>
+
+		<para>
+		It is recommended that you maintain some indices on some of the most usefull attributes,
+		like in the following example, to speed up searches made on sambaAccount objectclasses
+		(and possibly posixAccount and posixGroup as well).
+		</para>
 
 <para>
-It is recommended that you maintain some indices on some of the most usefull attributes,
-like in the following example, to speed up searches made on sambaAccount objectclasses
-(and possibly posixAccount and posixGroup as well).
-</para>
-<para><programlisting>
+<programlisting>
 # Indices to maintain
-## required by OpenLDAP 2.0
-index objectclass   eq
+## required by OpenLDAP
+index objectclass             eq
 
-## support pb_getsampwnam()
-index uid           pres,eq
-## support pdb_getsambapwrid()
-index rid           eq
+index cn                      pres,sub,eq
+index sn                      pres,sub,eq
+index uid                     pres,sub,eq
+index displayName             pres,sub,eq
 
 ## uncomment these if you are storing posixAccount and
 ## posixGroup entries in the directory as well
-##index uidNumber     eq
-##index gidNumber     eq
-##index cn            eq
-##index memberUid     eq
-
-# (both fetched via ldapsearch):
-index   primaryGroupID  eq
-index   displayName     pres,eq
-
-</programlisting></para>
-</sect3>
-
-
-<sect3>
-<title>Configuring Samba</title>
-
-<para>
-The following parameters are available in smb.conf only with <parameter>--with-ldapsam</parameter>
-was included when compiling Samba.
+##index uidNumber               eq
+##index gidNumber               eq
+##index memberUid               eq
+
+index   rid                   eq
+index   sambaSID              eq
+index   sambaPrimaryGroupSID  eq
+index   sambaDomainName       eq
+index   default               sub
+</programlisting>
 </para>
 
-<itemizedlist>
-        <listitem><para><ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#PASSDBBACKEND">passdb backend [ldapsam|ldapsam_nua]:url</ulink></para></listitem>
-	<listitem><para><ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#LDAPSSL">ldap ssl</ulink></para></listitem>
-	<listitem><para><ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#LDAPADMINDN">ldap admin dn</ulink></para></listitem>
-	<listitem><para><ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#LDAPSUFFIX">ldap suffix</ulink></para></listitem>
-	<listitem><para><ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#LDAPFILTER">ldap filter</ulink></para></listitem>
-	<listitem><para><ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#LDAPPORT">ldap port</ulink></para></listitem>
-        <listitem><para><ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#LDAPMACHINSUFFIX">ldap machine suffix</ulink></para></listitem>
-        <listitem><para><ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#LDAPUSERSUFFIX">ldap user suffix</ulink></para></listitem>
-        <listitem><para><ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#LDAPDELETEDN">ldap delete dn</ulink></para></listitem>
-
-</itemizedlist>
+		<para>
+		Create the new index by executing:
+		</para>
 
 <para>
-These are described in the <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html">smb.conf(5)</ulink> man
-page and so will not be repeated here.  However, a sample smb.conf file for
-use with an LDAP directory could appear as
+<programlisting>
+./sbin/slapindex -f slapd.conf
+</programlisting>
 </para>
 
-<para><programlisting>
-## /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf
-[global]
-     security = user
-     encrypt passwords = yes
-
-     netbios name = TASHTEGO
-     workgroup = NARNIA
-
-     # ldap related parameters
-
-     # define the DN to use when binding to the directory servers
-     # The password for this DN is not stored in smb.conf.  Rather it
-     # must be set by using 'smbpasswd -w <replaceable>secretpw</replaceable>' to store the
-     # passphrase in the secrets.tdb file.  If the "ldap admin dn" values
-     # change, this password will need to be reset.
-     ldap admin dn = "cn=Samba Manager,ou=people,dc=samba,dc=org"
-
-     # Define the SSL option when connecting to the directory
-     # ('off', 'start tls', or 'on' (default))
-     ldap ssl = start tls
-
-     passdb backend ldapsam:ldap://ahab.samba.org
+		</sect3>
+
+		<sect3>
+		<title>Configuring Samba</title>
+
+			<para>
+			The following parameters are available in smb.conf only with <parameter>--with-ldapsam</parameter>
+			was included when compiling Samba.
+			</para>
+
+		<itemizedlist>
+			<listitem><para><ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#PASSDBBACKEND">passdb backend [ldapsam|ldapsam_nua]:url</ulink></para></listitem>
+			<listitem><para><ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#LDAPSSL">ldap ssl</ulink></para></listitem>
+			<listitem><para><ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#LDAPADMINDN">ldap admin dn</ulink></para></listitem>
+			<listitem><para><ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#LDAPSUFFIX">ldap suffix</ulink></para></listitem>
+			<listitem><para><ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#LDAPFILTER">ldap filter</ulink></para></listitem>
+			<listitem><para><ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#LDAPPORT">ldap port</ulink></para></listitem>
+			<listitem><para><ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#LDAPMACHINSUFFIX">ldap machine suffix</ulink></para></listitem>
+			<listitem><para><ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#LDAPUSERSUFFIX">ldap user suffix</ulink></para></listitem>
+			<listitem><para><ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#LDAPDELETEDN">ldap delete dn</ulink></para></listitem>
+		</itemizedlist>
+
+			<para>
+			These are described in the <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html">smb.conf(5)</ulink> man
+			page and so will not be repeated here.  However, a sample smb.conf file for
+			use with an LDAP directory could appear as
+			</para>
 
-     # smbpasswd -x delete the entire dn-entry
-     ldap delete dn = no
-
-     # the machine and user suffix added to the base suffix
-     # wrote WITHOUT quotes. NULL siffixes by default
-     ldap user suffix = ou=People
-     ldap machine suffix = ou=Systems
-
-     # define the port to use in the LDAP session (defaults to 636 when
-     # "ldap ssl = on")
-     ldap port = 389
-
-     # specify the base DN to use when searching the directory
-     ldap suffix = "ou=people,dc=samba,dc=org"
-
-     # generally the default ldap search filter is ok
-     # ldap filter = "(&amp;(uid=%u)(objectclass=sambaAccount))"
-</programlisting></para>
+	<para>
+	<programlisting>
+	## /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf
+	[global]
+	     security = user
+	     encrypt passwords = yes
 
+	     netbios name = TASHTEGO
+	     workgroup = NARNIA
 
-</sect3>
-</sect2>
+	     # ldap related parameters
 
+	     # define the DN to use when binding to the directory servers
+	     # The password for this DN is not stored in smb.conf.  Rather it
+	     # must be set by using 'smbpasswd -w <replaceable>secretpw</replaceable>' to store the
+	     # passphrase in the secrets.tdb file.  If the "ldap admin dn" values
+	     # change, this password will need to be reset.
+	     ldap admin dn = "cn=Samba Manager,ou=people,dc=samba,dc=org"
 
-<sect2>
-<title>Accounts and Groups management</title>
+	     # Define the SSL option when connecting to the directory
+	     # ('off', 'start tls', or 'on' (default))
+	     ldap ssl = start tls
 
-<para>
-As users accounts are managed thru the sambaAccount objectclass, you should
-modify your existing administration tools to deal with sambaAccount attributes.
-</para>
+	     passdb backend ldapsam:ldap://funball.samba.org
 
-<para>
-Machines accounts are managed with the sambaAccount objectclass, just
-like users accounts. However, it's up to you to store thoses accounts
-in a different tree of you LDAP namespace: you should use
-"ou=Groups,dc=plainjoe,dc=org" to store groups and
-"ou=People,dc=plainjoe,dc=org" to store users. Just configure your
-NSS and PAM accordingly (usually, in the /etc/ldap.conf configuration
-file).
-</para>
+	     # smbpasswd -x delete the entire dn-entry
+	     ldap delete dn = no
 
-<para>
-In Samba release 3.0, the group management system is based on posix
-groups. This means that Samba makes usage of the posixGroup objectclass.
-For now, there is no NT-like group system management (global and local
-groups).
-</para>
+	     # the machine and user suffix added to the base suffix
+	     # wrote WITHOUT quotes. NULL siffixes by default
+	     ldap user suffix = ou=People
+	     ldap machine suffix = ou=Systems
 
-</sect2>
+	     # define the port to use in the LDAP session (defaults to 636 when
+	     # "ldap ssl = on")
+	     ldap port = 389
 
-<sect2>
-<title>Security and sambaAccount</title>
+	     # specify the base DN to use when searching the directory
+	     ldap suffix = "ou=people,dc=samba,dc=org"
 
+	     # generally the default ldap search filter is ok
+	     # ldap filter = "(&amp;(uid=%u)(objectclass=sambaAccount))"
+	</programlisting>
+	</para>
 
-<para>
-There are two important points to remember when discussing the security
-of sambaAccount entries in the directory.
-</para>
+		</sect3>
+
+		<sect3>
+		<title>Accounts and Groups management</title>
+
+			<para>
+			As users accounts are managed thru the sambaAccount objectclass, you should
+			modify your existing administration tools to deal with sambaAccount attributes.
+			</para>
+
+			<para>
+			Machines accounts are managed with the sambaAccount objectclass, just
+			like users accounts. However, it's up to you to store thoses accounts
+			in a different tree of you LDAP namespace: you should use
+			"ou=Groups,dc=plainjoe,dc=org" to store groups and
+			"ou=People,dc=plainjoe,dc=org" to store users. Just configure your
+			NSS and PAM accordingly (usually, in the /etc/ldap.conf configuration
+			file).
+			</para>
+
+			<para>
+			In Samba release 3.0, the group management system is based on posix
+			groups. This means that Samba makes usage of the posixGroup objectclass.
+			For now, there is no NT-like group system management (global and local
+			groups).
+			</para>
+
+		</sect3>
+
+		<sect3>
+		<title>Security and sambaAccount</title>
+
+
+			<para>
+			There are two important points to remember when discussing the security
+			of sambaAccount entries in the directory.
+			</para>
+
+			<itemizedlist>
+				<listitem><para><emphasis>Never</emphasis> retrieve the lmPassword or
+				ntPassword attribute values over an unencrypted LDAP session.</para></listitem>
+				<listitem><para><emphasis>Never</emphasis> allow non-admin users to
+				view the lmPassword or ntPassword attribute values.</para></listitem>
+			</itemizedlist>
+
+			<para>
+			These password hashes are clear text equivalents and can be used to impersonate
+			the user without deriving the original clear text strings.  For more information
+			on the details of LM/NT password hashes, refer to the
+			<link linkend="passdb">Account Information Database</link> section of the
+			Samba-HOWTO-Collection.
+			</para>
+
+			<para>
+			To remedy the first security issue, the "ldap ssl" smb.conf parameter defaults
+			to require an encrypted session (<command>ldap ssl = on</command>) using
+			the default port of 636
+			when contacting the directory server.  When using an OpenLDAP 2.0 server, it
+			is possible to use the use the StartTLS LDAP extended  operation in the place of
+			LDAPS.  In either case, you are strongly discouraged to disable this security
+			(<command>ldap ssl = off</command>).
+			</para>
+
+			<para>
+			Note that the LDAPS protocol is deprecated in favor of the LDAPv3 StartTLS
+			extended operation.  However, the OpenLDAP library still provides support for
+			the older method of securing communication between clients and servers.
+			</para>
+
+			<para>
+			The second security precaution is to prevent non-administrative users from
+			harvesting password hashes from the directory.  This can be done using the
+			following ACL in <filename>slapd.conf</filename>:
+			</para>
 
-<itemizedlist>
-	<listitem><para><emphasis>Never</emphasis> retrieve the lmPassword or
-	ntPassword attribute values over an unencrypted LDAP session.</para></listitem>
-	<listitem><para><emphasis>Never</emphasis> allow non-admin users to
-	view the lmPassword or ntPassword attribute values.</para></listitem>
-</itemizedlist>
+	<para>
+	<programlisting>
+	## allow the "ldap admin dn" access, but deny everyone else
+	access to attrs=lmPassword,ntPassword
+	     by dn="cn=Samba Admin,ou=people,dc=plainjoe,dc=org" write
+	     by * none
+	</programlisting>
+	</para>
 
-<para>
-These password hashes are clear text equivalents and can be used to impersonate
-the user without deriving the original clear text strings.  For more information
-on the details of LM/NT password hashes, refer to the <link
-linkend="passdb">User Database</link> of the Samba-HOWTO-Collection.
-</para>
+		</sect3>
 
-<para>
-To remedy the first security issue, the "ldap ssl" smb.conf parameter defaults
-to require an encrypted session (<command>ldap ssl = on</command>) using
-the default port of 636
-when contacting the directory server.  When using an OpenLDAP 2.0 server, it
-is possible to use the use the StartTLS LDAP extended  operation in the place of
-LDAPS.  In either case, you are strongly discouraged to disable this security
-(<command>ldap ssl = off</command>).
-</para>
+		<sect3>
+		<title>LDAP special attributes for sambaAccounts</title>
 
-<para>
-Note that the LDAPS protocol is deprecated in favor of the LDAPv3 StartTLS
-extended operation.  However, the OpenLDAP library still provides support for
-the older method of securing communication between clients and servers.
-</para>
+			<para>
+			The sambaAccount objectclass is composed of the following attributes:
+			</para>
 
-<para>
-The second security precaution is to prevent non-administrative users from
-harvesting password hashes from the directory.  This can be done using the
-following ACL in <filename>slapd.conf</filename>:
-</para>
+			<itemizedlist>
+				<listitem><para><constant>lmPassword</constant>: the LANMAN password 16-byte hash stored as a character
+				representation of a hexidecimal string.</para></listitem>
 
-<para><programlisting>
-## allow the "ldap admin dn" access, but deny everyone else
-access to attrs=lmPassword,ntPassword
-     by dn="cn=Samba Admin,ou=people,dc=plainjoe,dc=org" write
-     by * none
-</programlisting></para>
+				<listitem><para><constant>ntPassword</constant>: the NT password hash 16-byte stored as a character
+				representation of a hexidecimal string.</para></listitem>
 
+				<listitem><para><constant>pwdLastSet</constant>: The integer time in seconds since 1970 when the
+				<constant>lmPassword</constant> and <constant>ntPassword</constant> attributes were last set.
+				</para></listitem>
 
-</sect2>
+				<listitem><para><constant>acctFlags</constant>: string of 11 characters surrounded by square brackets []
+						representing account flags such as U (user), W(workstation), X(no password expiration),
+						I(Domain trust account), H(Home dir required), S(Server trust account),
+						 N(Password not required) and D(disabled).</para></listitem>
 
+				<listitem><para><constant>logonTime</constant>: Integer value currently unused</para></listitem>
 
+				<listitem><para><constant>logoffTime</constant>: Integer value currently unused</para></listitem>
 
-<sect2>
-<title>LDAP specials attributes for sambaAccounts</title>
+				<listitem><para><constant>kickoffTime</constant>: Integer value currently unused</para></listitem>
 
-<para>
-The sambaAccount objectclass is composed of the following attributes:
-</para>
+				<listitem><para><constant>pwdCanChange</constant>: Integer value currently unused</para></listitem>
 
-<itemizedlist>
+				<listitem><para><constant>pwdMustChange</constant>: Integer value currently unused</para></listitem>
 
-	<listitem><para><constant>lmPassword</constant>: the LANMAN password 16-byte hash stored as a character
-	representation of a hexidecimal string.</para></listitem>
+				<listitem><para><constant>homeDrive</constant>: specifies the drive letter to which to map the
+				UNC path specified by homeDirectory. The drive letter must be specified in the form "X:"
+				where X is the letter of the drive to map. Refer to the "logon drive" parameter in the
+				smb.conf(5) man page for more information.</para></listitem>
 
-	<listitem><para><constant>ntPassword</constant>: the NT password hash 16-byte stored as a character
-	representation of a hexidecimal string.</para></listitem>
+				<listitem><para><constant>scriptPath</constant>: The scriptPath property specifies the path of
+				the user's logon script, .CMD, .EXE, or .BAT file. The string can be null. The path
+				is relative to the netlogon share.  Refer to the "logon script" parameter in the
+				smb.conf(5) man page for more information.</para></listitem>
 
-	<listitem><para><constant>pwdLastSet</constant>: The integer time in seconds since 1970 when the
-	<constant>lmPassword</constant> and <constant>ntPassword</constant> attributes were last set.
-	</para></listitem>
+				<listitem><para><constant>profilePath</constant>: specifies a path to the user's profile.
+				This value can be a null string, a local absolute path, or a UNC path.  Refer to the
+				"logon path" parameter in the smb.conf(5) man page for more information.</para></listitem>
 
-	<listitem><para><constant>acctFlags</constant>: string of 11 characters surrounded by square brackets []
-			representing account flags such as U (user), W(workstation), X(no password expiration), I(Domain trust account), H(Home dir required), S(Server trust account), N(Password not required) and D(disabled).</para></listitem>
+				<listitem><para><constant>smbHome</constant>: The homeDirectory property specifies the path of
+				the home directory for the user. The string can be null. If homeDrive is set and specifies
+				a drive letter, homeDirectory should be a UNC path. The path must be a network
+				UNC path of the form \\server\share\directory. This value can be a null string.
+				Refer to the "logon home" parameter in the smb.conf(5) man page for more information.
+				</para></listitem>
 
-	<listitem><para><constant>logonTime</constant>: Integer value currently unused</para></listitem>
+				<listitem><para><constant>userWorkstation</constant>: character string value currently unused.
+				</para></listitem>
 
-	<listitem><para><constant>logoffTime</constant>: Integer value currently unused</para></listitem>
+				<listitem><para><constant>rid</constant>: the integer representation of the user's relative identifier
+				(RID).</para></listitem>
 
-	<listitem><para><constant>kickoffTime</constant>: Integer value currently unused</para></listitem>
+				<listitem><para><constant>primaryGroupID</constant>: the relative identifier (RID) of the primary group
+				of the user.</para></listitem>
+			</itemizedlist>
 
-	<listitem><para><constant>pwdCanChange</constant>: Integer value currently unused</para></listitem>
+			<para>
+			The majority of these parameters are only used when Samba is acting as a PDC of
+			a domain (refer to the <ulink url="Samba-PDC-HOWTO.html">Samba-PDC-HOWTO</ulink> for details on
+			how to configure Samba as a Primary Domain Controller). The following four attributes
+			are only stored with the sambaAccount entry if the values are non-default values:
+			</para>
 
-	<listitem><para><constant>pwdMustChange</constant>: Integer value currently unused</para></listitem>
+			<itemizedlist>
+				<listitem><para>smbHome</para></listitem>
+				<listitem><para>scriptPath</para></listitem>
+				<listitem><para>logonPath</para></listitem>
+				<listitem><para>homeDrive</para></listitem>
+			</itemizedlist>
 
-	<listitem><para><constant>homeDrive</constant>: specifies the drive letter to which to map the
-	UNC path specified by homeDirectory. The drive letter must be specified in the form "X:"
-	where X is the letter of the drive to map. Refer to the "logon drive" parameter in the
-	smb.conf(5) man page for more information.</para></listitem>
+			<para>
+			These attributes are only stored with the sambaAccount entry if
+			the values are non-default values.  For example, assume TASHTEGO has now been
+			configured as a PDC and that <command>logon home = \\%L\%u</command> was defined in
+			its <filename>smb.conf</filename> file. When a user named "becky" logons to the domain,
+			the <parameter>logon home</parameter> string is expanded to \\TASHTEGO\becky.
+			If the smbHome attribute exists in the entry "uid=becky,ou=people,dc=samba,dc=org",
+			this value is used.  However, if this attribute does not exist, then the value
+			of the <parameter>logon home</parameter> parameter is used in its place.  Samba
+			will only write the attribute value to the directory entry if the value is
+			something other than the default (e.g. \\MOBY\becky).
+			</para>
 
-	<listitem><para><constant>scriptPath</constant>: The scriptPath property specifies the path of
-	the user's logon script, .CMD, .EXE, or .BAT file. The string can be null. The path
-	is relative to the netlogon share.  Refer to the "logon script" parameter in the
-	smb.conf(5) man page for more information.</para></listitem>
+		</sect3>
 
-	<listitem><para><constant>profilePath</constant>: specifies a path to the user's profile.
-	This value can be a null string, a local absolute path, or a UNC path.  Refer to the
-	"logon path" parameter in the smb.conf(5) man page for more information.</para></listitem>
+		<sect3>
+		<title>Example LDIF Entries for a sambaAccount</title>
 
-	<listitem><para><constant>smbHome</constant>: The homeDirectory property specifies the path of
-	the home directory for the user. The string can be null. If homeDrive is set and specifies
-	a drive letter, homeDirectory should be a UNC path. The path must be a network
-	UNC path of the form \\server\share\directory. This value can be a null string.
-	Refer to the "logon home" parameter in the smb.conf(5) man page for more information.
-	</para></listitem>
+			<para>
+			The following is a working LDIF with the inclusion of the posixAccount objectclass:
+			</para>
 
-	<listitem><para><constant>userWorkstation</constant>: character string value currently unused.
-	</para></listitem>
+	<para>
+	<programlisting>
+	dn: uid=guest2, ou=people,dc=plainjoe,dc=org
+	ntPassword: 878D8014606CDA29677A44EFA1353FC7
+	pwdMustChange: 2147483647
+	primaryGroupID: 1201
+	lmPassword: 552902031BEDE9EFAAD3B435B51404EE
+	pwdLastSet: 1010179124
+	logonTime: 0
+	objectClass: sambaAccount
+	uid: guest2
+	kickoffTime: 2147483647
+	acctFlags: [UX         ]
+	logoffTime: 2147483647
+	rid: 19006
+	pwdCanChange: 0
+	</programlisting>
+	</para>
 
-	<listitem><para><constant>rid</constant>: the integer representation of the user's relative identifier
-	(RID).</para></listitem>
+			<para>
+			The following is an LDIF entry for using both the sambaAccount and
+			posixAccount objectclasses:
+			</para>
 
-	<listitem><para><constant>primaryGroupID</constant>: the relative identifier (RID) of the primary group
-	of the user.</para></listitem>
+	<para>
+	<programlisting>
+	dn: uid=gcarter, ou=people,dc=plainjoe,dc=org
+	logonTime: 0
+	displayName: Gerald Carter
+	lmPassword: 552902031BEDE9EFAAD3B435B51404EE
+	primaryGroupID: 1201
+	objectClass: posixAccount
+	objectClass: sambaAccount
+	acctFlags: [UX         ]
+	userPassword: {crypt}BpM2ej8Rkzogo
+	uid: gcarter
+	uidNumber: 9000
+	cn: Gerald Carter
+	loginShell: /bin/bash
+	logoffTime: 2147483647
+	gidNumber: 100
+	kickoffTime: 2147483647
+	pwdLastSet: 1010179230
+	rid: 19000
+	homeDirectory: /home/tashtego/gcarter
+	pwdCanChange: 0
+	pwdMustChange: 2147483647
+	ntPassword: 878D8014606CDA29677A44EFA1353FC7
+	</programlisting>
+	</para>
 
-</itemizedlist>
+		</sect3>
+	</sect2>
 
-<para>
-The majority of these parameters are only used when Samba is acting as a PDC of
-a domain (refer to the <ulink url="Samba-PDC-HOWTO.html">Samba-PDC-HOWTO</ulink> for details on
-how to configure Samba as a Primary Domain Controller). The following four attributes
-are only stored with the sambaAccount entry if the values are non-default values:
-</para>
+	<sect2>
+	<title>MySQL</title>
 
-<itemizedlist>
-	<listitem><para>smbHome</para></listitem>
-	<listitem><para>scriptPath</para></listitem>
-	<listitem><para>logonPath</para></listitem>
-	<listitem><para>homeDrive</para></listitem>
-</itemizedlist>
+	<para>
+	Stuff goes here!
+	</para>
 
-<para>
-These attributes are only stored with the sambaAccount entry if
-the values are non-default values.  For example, assume TASHTEGO has now been
-configured as a PDC and that <command>logon home = \\%L\%u</command> was defined in
-its <filename>smb.conf</filename> file. When a user named "becky" logons to the domain,
-the <parameter>logon home</parameter> string is expanded to \\TASHTEGO\becky.
-If the smbHome attribute exists in the entry "uid=becky,ou=people,dc=samba,dc=org",
-this value is used.  However, if this attribute does not exist, then the value
-of the <parameter>logon home</parameter> parameter is used in its place.  Samba
-will only write the attribute value to the directory entry if the value is
-something other than the default (e.g. \\MOBY\becky).
-</para>
+		<sect3>
+		<title>Creating the database</title>
 
+			<para>
+			You either can set up your own table and specify the field names to pdb_mysql (see below
+			for the column names) or use the default table. The file <filename>examples/pdb/mysql/mysql.dump</filename> 
+			contains the correct queries to create the required tables. Use the command :
 
-</sect2>
+			<command>mysql -u<replaceable>username</replaceable> -h<replaceable>hostname</replaceable> -p<replaceable>password</replaceable> <replaceable>databasename</replaceable> &gt; <filename>/path/to/samba/examples/pdb/mysql/mysql.dump</filename></command>
+			</para>
+		</sect3>
 
+		<sect3>
+		<title>Configuring</title>
 
+			<para>This plugin lacks some good documentation, but here is some short info:</para>
 
-<sect2>
-<title>Example LDIF Entries for a sambaAccount</title>
+			<para>Add a the following to the <command>passdb backend</command> variable in your <filename>smb.conf</filename>:
+			<programlisting>
+			passdb backend = [other-plugins] mysql:identifier [other-plugins]
+			</programlisting>
+			</para>
 
+			<para>The identifier can be any string you like, as long as it doesn't collide with 
+			the identifiers of other plugins or other instances of pdb_mysql. If you 
+			specify multiple pdb_mysql.so entries in 'passdb backend', you also need to 
+			use different identifiers!
+			</para>
 
-<para>
-The following is a working LDIF with the inclusion of the posixAccount objectclass:
-</para>
+			<para>
+			Additional options can be given thru the smb.conf file in the [global] section.
+			</para>
 
-<para><programlisting>
-dn: uid=guest2, ou=people,dc=plainjoe,dc=org
-ntPassword: 878D8014606CDA29677A44EFA1353FC7
-pwdMustChange: 2147483647
-primaryGroupID: 1201
-lmPassword: 552902031BEDE9EFAAD3B435B51404EE
-pwdLastSet: 1010179124
-logonTime: 0
-objectClass: sambaAccount
-uid: guest2
-kickoffTime: 2147483647
-acctFlags: [UX         ]
-logoffTime: 2147483647
-rid: 19006
-pwdCanChange: 0
-</programlisting></para>
+	<para>
+	<programlisting>
+	identifier:mysql host                     - host name, defaults to 'localhost'
+	identifier:mysql password
+	identifier:mysql user                     - defaults to 'samba'
+	identifier:mysql database                 - defaults to 'samba'
+	identifier:mysql port                     - defaults to 3306
+	identifier:table                          - Name of the table containing users
+	</programlisting>
+	</para>
 
-<para>
-The following is an LDIF entry for using both the sambaAccount and
-posixAccount objectclasses:
-</para>
+			<warning>
+			<para>
+			Since the password for the mysql user is stored in the 
+			smb.conf file, you should make the the smb.conf file 
+			readable only to the user that runs samba. This is considered a security 
+			bug and will be fixed soon.
+			</para>
+			</warning>
 
-<para><programlisting>
-dn: uid=gcarter, ou=people,dc=plainjoe,dc=org
-logonTime: 0
-displayName: Gerald Carter
-lmPassword: 552902031BEDE9EFAAD3B435B51404EE
-primaryGroupID: 1201
-objectClass: posixAccount
-objectClass: sambaAccount
-acctFlags: [UX         ]
-userPassword: {crypt}BpM2ej8Rkzogo
-uid: gcarter
-uidNumber: 9000
-cn: Gerald Carter
-loginShell: /bin/bash
-logoffTime: 2147483647
-gidNumber: 100
-kickoffTime: 2147483647
-pwdLastSet: 1010179230
-rid: 19000
-homeDirectory: /home/tashtego/gcarter
-pwdCanChange: 0
-pwdMustChange: 2147483647
-ntPassword: 878D8014606CDA29677A44EFA1353FC7
-</programlisting></para>
-
-</sect2>
-</sect1>
+			<para>Names of the columns in this table(I've added column types those columns should have first):</para>
 
-<sect1>
-<title>MySQL</title>
+	<para>
+	<programlisting>
+	identifier:logon time column             - int(9)
+	identifier:logoff time column            - int(9)
+	identifier:kickoff time column           - int(9)
+	identifier:pass last set time column     - int(9)
+	identifier:pass can change time column   - int(9)
+	identifier:pass must change time column  - int(9)
+	identifier:username column               - varchar(255) - unix username
+	identifier:domain column                 - varchar(255) - NT domain user is part of
+	identifier:nt username column            - varchar(255) - NT username
+	identifier:fullname column               - varchar(255) - Full name of user
+	identifier:home dir column               - varchar(255) - Unix homedir path
+	identifier:dir drive column              - varchar(2)   - Directory drive path (eg: 'H:')
+	identifier:logon script column           - varchar(255)
+						 - Batch file to run on client side when logging on
+	identifier:profile path column           - varchar(255) - Path of profile
+	identifier:acct desc column              - varchar(255) - Some ASCII NT user data
+	identifier:workstations column           - varchar(255)
+						 - Workstations user can logon to (or NULL for all)
+	identifier:unknown string column         - varchar(255) - unknown string
+	identifier:munged dial column            - varchar(255) - ?
+	identifier:user sid column               - varchar(255) - NT user SID
+	identifier:group sid column              - varchar(255) - NT group ID
+	identifier:lanman pass column            - varchar(255) - encrypted lanman password
+	identifier:nt pass column                - varchar(255) - encrypted nt passwd
+	identifier:plain pass column             - varchar(255) - plaintext password
+	identifier:acct control column           - int(9) - nt user data
+	identifier:unknown 3 column              - int(9) - unknown
+	identifier:logon divs column             - int(9) - ?
+	identifier:hours len column              - int(9) - ?
+	identifier:unknown 5 column              - int(9) - unknown
+	identifier:unknown 6 column              - int(9) - unknown
+	</programlisting>
+	</para>
 
-<sect2>
-<title>Creating the database</title>
+			<para>
+			Eventually, you can put a colon (:) after the name of each column, which 
+			should specify the column to update when updating the table. You can also
+			specify nothing behind the colon - then the data from the field will not be 
+			updated. 
+			</para>
 
-<para>
-You either can set up your own table and specify the field names to pdb_mysql (see below
-for the column names) or use the default table. The file <filename>examples/pdb/mysql/mysql.dump</filename> 
-contains the correct queries to create the required tables. Use the command :
+		</sect3>
 
-<command>mysql -u<replaceable>username</replaceable> -h<replaceable>hostname</replaceable> -p<replaceable>password</replaceable> <replaceable>databasename</replaceable> &gt; <filename>/path/to/samba/examples/pdb/mysql/mysql.dump</filename></command>
+		<sect3>
+		<title>Using plaintext passwords or encrypted password</title>
 
-</para>
-</sect2>
+			<para>
+			I strongly discourage the use of plaintext passwords, however, you can use them:
+			</para>
 
-<sect2>
-<title>Configuring</title>
+			<para>
+			If you would like to use plaintext passwords, set
+			'identifier:lanman pass column' and 'identifier:nt pass column' to
+			'NULL' (without the quotes) and 'identifier:plain pass column' to the
+			name of the column containing the plaintext passwords. 
+			</para>
 
-<para>This plugin lacks some good documentation, but here is some short info:</para>
+			<para>
+			If you use encrypted passwords, set the 'identifier:plain pass
+			column' to 'NULL' (without the quotes). This is the default.
+			</para>
 
-<para>Add a the following to the <command>passdb backend</command> variable in your <filename>smb.conf</filename>:
-<programlisting>
-passdb backend = [other-plugins] mysql:identifier [other-plugins]
-</programlisting>
-</para>
+		</sect3>
 
-<para>The identifier can be any string you like, as long as it doesn't collide with 
-the identifiers of other plugins or other instances of pdb_mysql. If you 
-specify multiple pdb_mysql.so entries in 'passdb backend', you also need to 
-use different identifiers!
-</para>
+		<sect3>
+		<title>Getting non-column data from the table</title>
 
-<para>
-Additional options can be given thru the smb.conf file in the [global] section.
-</para>
+			<para>
+			It is possible to have not all data in the database and making some 'constant'.
+			</para>
 
-<para><programlisting>
-identifier:mysql host                     - host name, defaults to 'localhost'
-identifier:mysql password
-identifier:mysql user                     - defaults to 'samba'
-identifier:mysql database                 - defaults to 'samba'
-identifier:mysql port                     - defaults to 3306
-identifier:table                          - Name of the table containing users
-</programlisting></para>
+			<para>
+			For example, you can set 'identifier:fullname column' to : 
+			<command>CONCAT(First_name,' ',Sur_name)</command>
+			</para>
 
-<warning>
-<para>
-Since the password for the mysql user is stored in the 
-smb.conf file, you should make the the smb.conf file 
-readable only to the user that runs samba. This is considered a security 
-bug and will be fixed soon.
-</para>
-</warning>
-
-<para>Names of the columns in this table(I've added column types those columns should have first):</para>
-
-<para><programlisting>
-identifier:logon time column             - int(9)
-identifier:logoff time column            - int(9)
-identifier:kickoff time column           - int(9)
-identifier:pass last set time column     - int(9)
-identifier:pass can change time column   - int(9)
-identifier:pass must change time column  - int(9)
-identifier:username column               - varchar(255) - unix username
-identifier:domain column                 - varchar(255) - NT domain user is part of
-identifier:nt username column            - varchar(255) - NT username
-identifier:fullname column               - varchar(255) - Full name of user
-identifier:home dir column               - varchar(255) - Unix homedir path
-identifier:dir drive column              - varchar(2)   - Directory drive path (eg: 'H:')
-identifier:logon script column           - varchar(255)
-					 - Batch file to run on client side when logging on
-identifier:profile path column           - varchar(255) - Path of profile
-identifier:acct desc column              - varchar(255) - Some ASCII NT user data
-identifier:workstations column           - varchar(255)
-					 - Workstations user can logon to (or NULL for all)
-identifier:unknown string column         - varchar(255) - unknown string
-identifier:munged dial column            - varchar(255) - ?
-identifier:user sid column               - varchar(255) - NT user SID
-identifier:group sid column              - varchar(255) - NT group ID
-identifier:lanman pass column            - varchar(255) - encrypted lanman password
-identifier:nt pass column                - varchar(255) - encrypted nt passwd
-identifier:plain pass column             - varchar(255) - plaintext password
-identifier:acct control column           - int(9) - nt user data
-identifier:unknown 3 column              - int(9) - unknown
-identifier:logon divs column             - int(9) - ?
-identifier:hours len column              - int(9) - ?
-identifier:unknown 5 column              - int(9) - unknown
-identifier:unknown 6 column              - int(9) - unknown
-</programlisting></para>
+			<para>
+			Or, set 'identifier:workstations column' to :
+			<command>NULL</command></para>
 
-<para>
-Eventually, you can put a colon (:) after the name of each column, which 
-should specify the column to update when updating the table. You can also
-specify nothing behind the colon - then the data from the field will not be 
-updated. 
-</para>
+			<para>See the MySQL documentation for more language constructs.</para>
 
-</sect2>
+		</sect3>
+	</sect2>
 
-<sect2>
-<title>Using plaintext passwords or encrypted password</title>
+	<sect2 id="XMLpassdb">
+	<title>XML</title>
 
-<para>
-I strongly discourage the use of plaintext passwords, however, you can use them:
-</para>
+		<para>This module requires libxml2 to be installed.</para>
 
-<para>
-If you would like to use plaintext passwords, set
-'identifier:lanman pass column' and 'identifier:nt pass column' to
-'NULL' (without the quotes) and 'identifier:plain pass column' to the
-name of the column containing the plaintext passwords. 
-</para>
+		<para>The usage of pdb_xml is pretty straightforward. To export data, use:
+		</para>
 
-<para>
-If you use encrypted passwords, set the 'identifier:plain pass
-column' to 'NULL' (without the quotes). This is the default.
-</para>
+		<para>
+			<userinput>pdbedit -e xml:filename</userinput>
+		</para>
 
-</sect2>
+		<para>
+		(where filename is the name of the file to put the data in)
+		</para>
 
-<sect2>
-<title>Getting non-column data from the table</title>
+		<para>
+		To import data, use:
+		<userinput>pdbedit -i xml:filename -e current-pdb</userinput>
+		</para>
 
-<para>
-It is possible to have not all data in the database and making some 'constant'.
-</para>
+		<para>
+		Where filename is the name to read the data from and current-pdb to put it in.
+		</para>
 
-<para>
-For example, you can set 'identifier:fullname column' to : 
-<command>CONCAT(First_name,' ',Sur_name)</command>
-</para>
+		<para>
+		For example: To migrate (copy) the smbpasswd database into a tdbsam database:
+		</para>
 
-<para>
-Or, set 'identifier:workstations column' to :
-<command>NULL</command></para>
+		<para>
+		<programlisting>
+		In your smb.conf file [globals]:
+			passdb backend = tdbsam, smbpasswd, guest
 
-<para>See the MySQL documentation for more language constructs.</para>
 
-</sect2>
+		then execute (as root):
+			pdbedit -i smbpasswd -e tdbsam
+		</programlisting>
+		</para>
+	</sect2>
 </sect1>
 
 <sect1>
-<title>XML</title>
-
-<para>This module requires libxml2 to be installed.</para>
-
-<para>The usage of pdb_xml is pretty straightforward. To export data, use:
-</para>
-
-<para>
-	<userinput>pdbedit -e xml:filename</userinput>
-</para>
+<title>Common Errors</title>
 
 <para>
-(where filename is the name of the file to put the data in)
+Put stuff here
 </para>
 
-<para>
-To import data, use:
-<userinput>pdbedit -i xml:filename -e current-pdb</userinput>
-</para>
-<para>
-Where filename is the name to read the data from and current-pdb to put it in.
-</para>
 </sect1>
-
 </chapter>