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authorVolker Lendecke <vlendec@samba.org>2006-04-30 13:01:08 +0000
committerGerald W. Carter <jerry@samba.org>2008-04-23 08:47:18 -0500
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Clarify smb.conf entry
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diff --git a/docs/smbdotconf/winbind/idmapbackend.xml b/docs/smbdotconf/winbind/idmapbackend.xml
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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
<description>
<para>
The purpose of the idmap backend parameter is to allow idmap to NOT use the local idmap
- tdb file to obtain SID to UID / GID mappings, but instead to obtain them from a common
+ tdb file to obtain SID to UID / GID mappings for unmapped SIDs, but instead to obtain them from a common
LDAP backend. This way all domain members and controllers will have the same UID and GID
to SID mappings. This avoids the risk of UID / GID inconsistencies across UNIX / Linux
systems that are sharing information over protocols other than SMB/CIFS (ie: NFS).