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authorGerald Carter <jerry@samba.org>2002-04-01 15:19:05 +0000
committerGerald Carter <jerry@samba.org>2002-04-01 15:19:05 +0000
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* merges from SAMBA_2_2
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@@ -590,6 +590,9 @@ CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
>the NetBIOS name of the server. This allows you
to change your config based on what the client calls you. Your
server can have a "dual personality".</P
+><P
+>Note that this paramater is not available when Samba listens
+ on port 445, as clients no longer send this information </P
></DD
><DT
>%M</DT
@@ -686,7 +689,7 @@ CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN202"
+NAME="AEN203"
></A
><H2
>NAME MANGLING</H2
@@ -771,7 +774,7 @@ CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN235"
+NAME="AEN236"
></A
><H2
>NOTE ABOUT USERNAME/PASSWORD VALIDATION</H2
@@ -848,7 +851,7 @@ CLASS="FILENAME"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN254"
+NAME="AEN255"
></A
><H2
>COMPLETE LIST OF GLOBAL PARAMETERS</H2
@@ -2169,6 +2172,18 @@ CLASS="PARAMETER"
><LI
><P
><A
+HREF="#PRIVATEDIR"
+><TT
+CLASS="PARAMETER"
+><I
+>private dir</I
+></TT
+></A
+></P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+><A
HREF="#PROTOCOL"
><TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
@@ -2987,7 +3002,7 @@ CLASS="PARAMETER"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN966"
+NAME="AEN971"
></A
><H2
>COMPLETE LIST OF SERVICE PARAMETERS</H2
@@ -4430,7 +4445,7 @@ CLASS="PARAMETER"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN1446"
+NAME="AEN1451"
></A
><H2
>EXPLANATION OF EACH PARAMETER</H2
@@ -5503,7 +5518,7 @@ NAME="CASESENSITIVE"
><DD
><P
>See the discussion in the section <A
-HREF="#AEN202"
+HREF="#AEN203"
>NAME MANGLING</A
>.</P
><P
@@ -6100,7 +6115,7 @@ NAME="DEFAULTCASE"
><DD
><P
>See the section on <A
-HREF="#AEN202"
+HREF="#AEN203"
> NAME MANGLING</A
>. Also note the <A
HREF="#SHORTPRESERVECASE"
@@ -9219,13 +9234,13 @@ TARGET="_top"
with Windows 2000. Note that due to Windows 2000 client redirector bugs
this requires Samba to be running on a 64-bit capable operating system such
as IRIX, Solaris or a Linux 2.4 kernel. Can improve performance by 10% with
- Windows 2000 clients. Defaults to off. Not as tested as some other Samba
+ Windows 2000 clients. Defaults to on. Not as tested as some other Samba
code paths.
</P
><P
>Default : <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
->large readwrite = no</B
+>large readwrite = yes</B
></P
></DD
><DT
@@ -10715,7 +10730,7 @@ NAME="MANGLECASE"
><DD
><P
>See the section on <A
-HREF="#AEN202"
+HREF="#AEN203"
> NAME MANGLING</A
></P
><P
@@ -10787,7 +10802,7 @@ NAME="MANGLEDNAMES"
or whether non-DOS names should simply be ignored.</P
><P
>See the section on <A
-HREF="#AEN202"
+HREF="#AEN203"
> NAME MANGLING</A
> for details on how to control the mangling process.</P
><P
@@ -10908,7 +10923,7 @@ NAME="MANGLINGCHAR"
the <EM
>magic</EM
> character in <A
-HREF="#AEN202"
+HREF="#AEN203"
>name mangling</A
>. The default is a '~'
but this may interfere with some software. Use this option to set
@@ -12647,6 +12662,135 @@ NAME="PASSDBBACKEND"
(eg --with-tdbsam) at configure time.
</P
><P
+>This paramater 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.</P
+><P
+>Available backends can include:
+ <P
+></P
+><UL
+><LI
+><P
+><B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>smbpasswd</B
+> - The default smbpasswd
+ backend. Takes a path to the smbpasswd file as an optional argument.</P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+><B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>smbpasswd_nua</B
+> - The smbpasswd
+ backend, but with support for 'not unix accounts'.
+ Takes a path to the smbpasswd file as an optional argument.</P
+><P
+>See also <A
+HREF="#NONUNIXACCOUNTRANGE"
+> <TT
+CLASS="PARAMETER"
+><I
+>non unix account range</I
+></TT
+></A
+></P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+><B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>tdbsam</B
+> - The TDB based password storage
+ backend. Takes a path to the TDB as an optional argument (defaults to passdb.tdb
+ in the <A
+HREF="#PRIVATEDIR"
+> <TT
+CLASS="PARAMETER"
+><I
+>private dir</I
+></TT
+></A
+> directory.</P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+><B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>tdbsam_nua</B
+> - 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 <A
+HREF="#PRIVATEDIR"
+> <TT
+CLASS="PARAMETER"
+><I
+>private dir</I
+></TT
+></A
+> directory.</P
+><P
+>See also <A
+HREF="#NONUNIXACCOUNTRANGE"
+> <TT
+CLASS="PARAMETER"
+><I
+>non unix account range</I
+></TT
+></A
+></P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+><B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>ldapsam</B
+> - The LDAP based passdb
+ backend. Takes an LDAP URL as an optional argument (defaults to
+ <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>ldap://localhost</B
+>)</P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+><B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>ldapsam_nua</B
+> - The LDAP based passdb
+ backend, with non unix account support. Takes an LDAP URL as an optional argument (defaults to
+ <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>ldap://localhost</B
+>)</P
+><P
+>See also <A
+HREF="#NONUNIXACCOUNTRANGE"
+> <TT
+CLASS="PARAMETER"
+><I
+>non unix account range</I
+></TT
+></A
+></P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+><B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>plugin</B
+> - Allows Samba to load an
+ arbitary passdb backend from the .so specified as a compulsary argument.
+ </P
+><P
+>Any characters after the (optional) second : are passed to the plugin
+ for its own processing</P
+></LI
+></UL
+>
+ </P
+><P
>Default: <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>passdb backend = smbpasswd</B
@@ -12654,7 +12798,17 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
><P
>Example: <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
->passdb backend = tdbsam</B
+>passdb backend = tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb</B
+></P
+><P
+>Example: <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>passdb backend = ldapsam_nua:ldaps://ldap.example.com</B
+></P
+><P
+>Example: <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>passdb backend = plugin:/usr/local/samba/lib/my_passdb.so:my_plugin_args</B
></P
></DD
><DT
@@ -13610,7 +13764,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
></P
><P
>See the section on <A
-HREF="#AEN202"
+HREF="#AEN203"
>NAME
MANGLING</A
> for a fuller discussion.</P
@@ -14284,6 +14438,29 @@ HREF="#AEN79"
></DD
><DT
><A
+NAME="PRIVATEDIR"
+></A
+>private dir (G)</DT
+><DD
+><P
+>This parameters defines the directory
+ smbd will use for storing such files as <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>smbpasswd</TT
+>
+ and <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>secrets.tdb</TT
+>.
+ </P
+><P
+>Default :<B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>private dir = ${prefix}/private</B
+></P
+></DD
+><DT
+><A
NAME="PROTOCOL"
></A
>protocol (G)</DT
@@ -15227,7 +15404,7 @@ CLASS="PARAMETER"
be used in granting access.</P
><P
>See also the section <A
-HREF="#AEN235"
+HREF="#AEN236"
> NOTE ABOUT USERNAME/PASSWORD VALIDATION</A
>.</P
><P
@@ -15308,7 +15485,7 @@ CLASS="PARAMETER"
> parameter for details on doing this.</P
><P
>See also the section <A
-HREF="#AEN235"
+HREF="#AEN236"
> NOTE ABOUT USERNAME/PASSWORD VALIDATION</A
>.</P
><P
@@ -15384,7 +15561,7 @@ CLASS="PARAMETER"
> parameter for details on doing this.</P
><P
>See also the section <A
-HREF="#AEN235"
+HREF="#AEN236"
> NOTE ABOUT USERNAME/PASSWORD VALIDATION</A
>.</P
><P
@@ -15499,7 +15676,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
Domain Controller. This issue will be addressed in a future release.</P
><P
>See also the section <A
-HREF="#AEN235"
+HREF="#AEN236"
> NOTE ABOUT USERNAME/PASSWORD VALIDATION</A
>.</P
><P
@@ -15705,7 +15882,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
names are lowered. </P
><P
>See the section on <A
-HREF="#AEN202"
+HREF="#AEN203"
> NAME MANGLING</A
>.</P
><P
@@ -17523,7 +17700,7 @@ CLASS="PARAMETER"
search.</P
><P
>See the section <A
-HREF="#AEN235"
+HREF="#AEN236"
>NOTE ABOUT
USERNAME/PASSWORD VALIDATION</A
> for more information on how
@@ -18692,7 +18869,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN5915"
+NAME="AEN5973"
></A
><H2
>WARNINGS</H2
@@ -18722,7 +18899,7 @@ TARGET="_top"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN5921"
+NAME="AEN5979"
></A
><H2
>VERSION</H2
@@ -18733,7 +18910,7 @@ NAME="AEN5921"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN5924"
+NAME="AEN5982"
></A
><H2
>SEE ALSO</H2
@@ -18812,7 +18989,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN5944"
+NAME="AEN6002"
></A
><H2
>AUTHOR</H2