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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/smbdotconf/security/maptoguest.xml | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/smbdotconf/security/maptoguest.xml b/docs/smbdotconf/security/maptoguest.xml index 57f0000f44..8993959073 100644 --- a/docs/smbdotconf/security/maptoguest.xml +++ b/docs/smbdotconf/security/maptoguest.xml @@ -46,9 +46,12 @@ <listitem> <para><constant>Bad Uid</constant> - Is only applicable when Samba is configured in some type of domain mode security (security = {domain|ads}) and means that - user logins which are successfully authenticated but which have no valid + user logins which are successfully authenticated but which have no valid Unix user account (and smbd is unable to create one) should be mapped to the defined - guest account. This was the default behavior of Samba 2.x releases.</para> + guest account. This was the default behavior of Samba 2.x releases. Note that + if a member server is running winbindd, this option should never be required + because the nss_winbind library will export the Windows domain users and groups + to the underlying OS via the Name Service Switch interface.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> |