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author | Tim Potter <tpot@samba.org> | 2000-06-30 06:10:36 +0000 |
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committer | Tim Potter <tpot@samba.org> | 2000-06-30 06:10:36 +0000 |
commit | 41cffa8f3ba4ebd686245acebd56affcfcee9d2d (patch) | |
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Updated documentation for wbinfo and winbindd.
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diff --git a/docs/htmldocs/winbindd.8.html b/docs/htmldocs/winbindd.8.html index 9862d8f9d5..d9e8017daa 100644 --- a/docs/htmldocs/winbindd.8.html +++ b/docs/htmldocs/winbindd.8.html @@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ and 100 is for reams and reams. To submit a bug report to the Samba Team, use debug level 100 (see <strong>BUGS.txt</strong>). <p><a name="minusi"></a> <p></p><dt><strong><strong>-i</strong></strong><dd> -Tells winbindd to not become a daemon and detach from the current terminal. -This option is used by developers when interactive debugging of winbindd is +Tells <strong>winbindd</strong> to not become a daemon and detach from the current terminal. +This option is used by developers when interactive debugging of <strong>winbindd</strong> is required. <p></dl> <p><a name="NAMEANDIDRESOLUTION"></a> @@ -140,12 +140,12 @@ otherwise. <p><p></p><dt><strong>winbind cache time</strong><dd> <p>This parameter specifies the number of seconds the <strong>winbindd</strong> daemon will cache user and group information before querying a Windows NT server -again. When a item in the cache is older than this time winbindd will ask +again. When a item in the cache is older than this time <strong>winbindd</strong> will ask the domain controller for the sequence number of the servers account database. If the sequence number has not changed then the cached item is marked as valid for a further "winbind cache time" seconds. Otherwise the item is fetched from the server. This means that as long as the account -database is not actively changing winbindd will only have to send one +database is not actively changing <strong>winbindd</strong> will only have to send one sequence number query packet every "winbind cache time" seconds. <p><strong>Default:</strong> <code> winbind cache time = 15</code> @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ substituted with the user's Windows NT user name. <p><a name="EXAMPLESETUP"></a> <h2>EXAMPLE SETUP</h2> -<p>To setup winbindd for user and group lookups plus authentication from +<p>To setup <strong>winbindd</strong> for user and group lookups plus authentication from a domain controller use something like the following setup. This was tested on a RedHat 6.2 Linux box. <p>In <code>/etc/nsswitch.conf</code> put the following: @@ -231,12 +231,12 @@ is called <code>MACHINE</code>. </pre> -<p>Now start winbindd and you should find that your user and group +<p>Now start <strong>winbindd</strong> and you should find that your user and group database is expanded to include your NT users and groups, and that you can login to your unix box as a domain user, using the <code>DOMAIN+user</code> syntax for the username. You may wish to use the commands "getent passwd" and "getent group" to confirm the correct operation of -winbindd. +<strong>winbindd</strong>. <p><a name="NOTES"></a> <h2>NOTES</h2> @@ -245,10 +245,15 @@ winbindd. <p><p></p><dt><strong></strong><dd> <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> must be running on the local machine for <strong>winbindd</strong> to work. +<p><p></p><dt><strong></strong><dd> +<strong>winbindd</strong> queries the list of trusted domains for the Windows NT server +on startup and when a SIGHUP is received. Thus, for a running <strong>winbindd</strong> +to become aware of new trust relationships between servers, it must be sent +a SIGHUP signal. <p><p></p><dt><strong></strong><dd> Client processes resolving names through the <strong>winbindd</strong> nsswitch module read an environment variable named <code>WINBINDD_DOMAIN</code>. If this variable -contains a comma separated list of Windows NT domain names, then winbindd +contains a comma separated list of Windows NT domain names, then <strong>winbindd</strong> will only resolve users and groups within those Windows NT domains. <p><p></p><dt><strong></strong><dd> PAM is really easy to misconfigure. Make sure you know what you are doing @@ -270,7 +275,8 @@ is damaged or destroyed then the mappings will be lost. <p><p></p><dt><strong><code>SIGHUP</code></strong><dd> <p>Reload the <code>smb.conf</code> file and apply any parameter changes to the running version of <strong>winbindd</strong>. This signal also clears any cached user and group -information. +information. The list of other domains trusted by <strong>winbindd</strong> is also +reloaded. <p><p></p><dt><strong><code>SIGUSR1</code></strong><dd> <p>The <code>SIGUSR1</code> signal will cause <strong>winbindd</strong> to write status information to the winbind log file including information about the number of user and @@ -304,7 +310,7 @@ directory is specified when Samba is initially compiled using the <h2>SEE ALSO</h2> <p><a href="samba.7.html"><strong>samba(7)</strong></a>, <a href="smb.conf.5.html"><strong>smb.conf(5)</strong></a>, -<strong>nsswitch.conf(5)</strong> +<strong>nsswitch.conf(5)</strong>, <a href="wbinfo.1.html"><strong>wbinfo(1)</strong></a> <p><a name="AUTHOR"></a> <h2>AUTHOR</h2> |