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| -rw-r--r-- | docs-xml/manpages-3/idmap_tdb2.8.xml | 10 |
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diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages-3/idmap_tdb2.8.xml b/docs-xml/manpages-3/idmap_tdb2.8.xml index 3e61f7f527..4f19ba103a 100644 --- a/docs-xml/manpages-3/idmap_tdb2.8.xml +++ b/docs-xml/manpages-3/idmap_tdb2.8.xml @@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ </para> <para> - In contrast to read only - backends like idmap_rid, it is an allocating backend: - This means that it needs to allocate new user and group IDs - to create new mappings as requests to yet unmapped users are answered. + In contrast to read only backends like idmap_rid, it is an allocating + backend: This means that it needs to allocate new user and group IDs in + order to create new mappings. The allocator can be provided by the + idmap_tdb2 backend itself or by any other allocating backend like + idmap_tdb or idmap_ldap. This is configured with the + parameter <parameter>idmap alloc backend</parameter>. </para> <para> |