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author | Alexander Bokovoy <ab@samba.org> | 2003-04-06 13:07:44 +0000 |
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committer | Alexander Bokovoy <ab@samba.org> | 2003-04-06 13:07:44 +0000 |
commit | 9496f1e2063eb0b93142bfaf86979b21bf8b56e6 (patch) | |
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Convert 'Security' section of smb.conf to new format
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diff --git a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml index 918c802e78..256b6c9709 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml +++ b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml @@ -1,91 +1,119 @@ -<samba:parameter xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common"> - <term><anchor id="PASSDBBACKEND"/>passdb backend (G)</term> - <listitem><para>This option allows the administrator to chose which backends to retrieve and store passwords with. This allows (for example) both - smbpasswd and tdbsam to be used without a recompile. - Multiple backends can be specified, separated by spaces. The backends will be searched in the order they are specified. New users are always added to the first backend specified. - Experimental backends must still be selected - (eg --with-tdbsam) at configure time. - </para> +<samba:parameter name="passdb backend" + context="G" + advanced="1" developer="1" + xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common"> +<listitem> + + <para>This option allows the administrator to chose which backends + to retrieve and store passwords with. This allows (for example) both + smbpasswd and tdbsam to be used without a recompile. Multiple + backends can be specified, separated by spaces. The backends will be + searched in the order they are specified. New users are always added + to the first backend specified. Experimental backends must still be + selected (eg --with-tdbsam) at configure time. </para> - <para>This parameter is in two parts, the backend's name, and a 'location' - string that has meaning only to that particular backed. These are separated - by a : character.</para> + <para>This parameter is in two parts, the backend's name, and a 'location' + string that has meaning only to that particular backed. These are separated + by a : character.</para> - <para>Available backends can include: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para><command moreinfo="none">smbpasswd</command> - The default smbpasswd - backend. Takes a path to the smbpasswd file as an optional argument.</para></listitem> + <para>Available backends can include: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para><command moreinfo="none">smbpasswd</command> - The default smbpasswd + backend. Takes a path to the smbpasswd file as an optional argument. + </para> + </listitem> - <listitem><para><command moreinfo="none">smbpasswd_nua</command> - The smbpasswd - backend, but with support for 'not unix accounts'. - Takes a path to the smbpasswd file as an optional argument.</para> - <para>See also <link linkend="NONUNIXACCOUNTRANGE"> - <parameter moreinfo="none">non unix account range</parameter></link></para></listitem> + <listitem> + <para><command moreinfo="none">smbpasswd_nua</command> - The smbpasswd + backend, but with support for 'not unix accounts'. + Takes a path to the smbpasswd file as an optional argument.</para> + + <para>See also <link linkend="NONUNIXACCOUNTRANGE"> + <parameter moreinfo="none">non unix account range</parameter></link></para> + </listitem> - <listitem><para><command moreinfo="none">tdbsam</command> - The TDB based password storage - backend. Takes a path to the TDB as an optional argument (defaults to passdb.tdb - in the <link linkend="PRIVATEDIR"> - <parameter moreinfo="none">private dir</parameter></link> directory.</para></listitem> + <listitem> + <para><command moreinfo="none">tdbsam</command> - The TDB based password storage + backend. Takes a path to the TDB as an optional argument (defaults to passdb.tdb + in the <link linkend="PRIVATEDIR"> + <parameter moreinfo="none">private dir</parameter></link> directory.</para> + </listitem> - <listitem><para><command moreinfo="none">tdbsam_nua</command> - The TDB based password storage - backend, with non unix account support. Takes a path to the TDB as an optional argument (defaults to passdb.tdb - in the <link linkend="PRIVATEDIR"> - <parameter moreinfo="none">private dir</parameter></link> directory.</para> - <para>See also <link linkend="NONUNIXACCOUNTRANGE"> - <parameter moreinfo="none">non unix account range</parameter></link></para></listitem> + <listitem> + <para><command moreinfo="none">tdbsam_nua</command> - The TDB based password storage + backend, with non unix account support. Takes a path to the TDB as an optional argument (defaults to passdb.tdb + in the <link linkend="PRIVATEDIR"> + <parameter moreinfo="none">private dir</parameter></link> directory.</para> + + <para>See also <link linkend="NONUNIXACCOUNTRANGE"> + <parameter moreinfo="none">non unix account range</parameter></link></para> + </listitem> - <listitem><para><command moreinfo="none">ldapsam</command> - The LDAP based passdb - backend. Takes an LDAP URL as an optional argument (defaults to - <command moreinfo="none">ldap://localhost</command>)</para></listitem> + <listitem> + <para><command moreinfo="none">ldapsam</command> - The LDAP based passdb + backend. Takes an LDAP URL as an optional argument (defaults to + <command moreinfo="none">ldap://localhost</command>)</para> + </listitem> - <listitem><para><command moreinfo="none">ldapsam_nua</command> - The LDAP based passdb - backend, with non unix account support. Takes an LDAP URL as an optional argument (defaults to - <command moreinfo="none">ldap://localhost</command>)</para> + <listitem> + <para><command moreinfo="none">ldapsam_nua</command> - The LDAP based passdb + backend, with non unix account support. Takes an LDAP URL as an optional argument (defaults to + <command moreinfo="none">ldap://localhost</command>)</para> - <para>Note: In this module, any account without a matching POSIX account is regarded - as 'non unix'. </para> + <para>Note: In this module, any account without a matching POSIX account is regarded + as 'non unix'. </para> - <para>See also <link linkend="NONUNIXACCOUNTRANGE"> - <parameter moreinfo="none">non unix account - range</parameter></link></para> + <para>See also <link linkend="NONUNIXACCOUNTRANGE"> + <parameter moreinfo="none">non unix account range</parameter></link></para> - <para>LDAP connections should be secured where - possible. This may be done using either - Start-TLS (see <link linkend="LDAPSSL"> - <parameter moreinfo="none">ldap ssl</parameter></link>) or by - specifying <parameter moreinfo="none">ldaps://</parameter> in - the URL argument. - </para></listitem> + <para>LDAP connections should be secured where possible. This may be done using either + Start-TLS (see <link linkend="LDAPSSL"><parameter moreinfo="none">ldap ssl</parameter></link>) or by + specifying <parameter moreinfo="none">ldaps://</parameter> in + the URL argument. </para> + </listitem> - <listitem><para><command moreinfo="none">nisplussam</command> - The NIS+ based passdb backend. Takes name NIS domain as an optional argument. Only works with sun NIS+ servers. </para></listitem> + <listitem> + <para><command moreinfo="none">nisplussam</command> - + The NIS+ based passdb backend. Takes name NIS domain as + an optional argument. Only works with sun NIS+ servers. + </para> + </listitem> - <listitem><para><command moreinfo="none">plugin</command> - Allows Samba to load an - arbitary passdb backend from the .so specified as a compulsary argument. - </para> + <listitem> + <para><command moreinfo="none">plugin</command> - Allows Samba to load an + arbitary passdb backend from the .so specified as a compulsary argument. + </para> - <para>Any characters after the (optional) second : are passed to the plugin - for its own processing</para> - </listitem> + <para>Any characters after the (optional) second : are passed to the plugin + for its own processing</para> + </listitem> - <listitem><para><command moreinfo="none">unixsam</command> - Allows samba to map all (other) available unix users</para> + <listitem> + <para><command moreinfo="none">unixsam</command> - Allows samba to map all (other) + available unix users</para> - <para>This backend uses the standard unix database for retrieving users. Users included - in this pdb are NOT listed in samba user listings and users included in this pdb won't be - able to login. The use of this backend is to always be able to display the owner of a file - on the samba server - even when the user doesn't have a 'real' samba account in one of the - other passdb backends. - </para> + <para>This backend uses the standard unix database for retrieving users. Users included + in this pdb are NOT listed in samba user listings and users included in this pdb won't be + able to login. The use of this backend is to always be able to display the owner of a file + on the samba server - even when the user doesn't have a 'real' samba account in one of the + other passdb backends. + </para> - <para>This backend should always be the last backend listed, since it contains all users in - the unix passdb and might 'override' mappings if specified earlier. It's meant to only return - accounts for users that aren't covered by the previous backends.</para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> + <para>This backend should always be the last backend listed, since it contains all users in + the unix passdb and might 'override' mappings if specified earlier. It's meant to only return + accounts for users that aren't covered by the previous backends. </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + + <para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">passdb backend = smbpasswd unixsam</command></para> + + <para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">passdb backend = tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb smbpasswd:/etc/samba/smbpasswd unixsam</command></para> + + <para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">passdb backend = ldapsam_nua:ldaps://ldap.example.com unixsam</command></para> - <para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">passdb backend = smbpasswd unixsam</command></para> - <para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">passdb backend = tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb smbpasswd:/etc/samba/smbpasswd unixsam</command></para> - <para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">passdb backend = ldapsam_nua:ldaps://ldap.example.com unixsam</command></para> - <para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">passdb backend = plugin:/usr/local/samba/lib/my_passdb.so:my_plugin_args tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb</command></para> - </listitem> - </samba:parameter> + <para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">passdb backend = plugin:/usr/local/samba/lib/my_passdb.so:my_plugin_args tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb</command></para> +</listitem> +</samba:parameter> |