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| -rw-r--r-- | docs-xml/manpages-3/idmap_rid.8.xml | 29 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages-3/idmap_rid.8.xml b/docs-xml/manpages-3/idmap_rid.8.xml index 5eba356a7d..7e48c11c53 100644 --- a/docs-xml/manpages-3/idmap_rid.8.xml +++ b/docs-xml/manpages-3/idmap_rid.8.xml @@ -42,11 +42,13 @@ <varlistentry> <term>base_rid = INTEGER</term> <listitem><para> - Defines the base integer used to build SIDs out of an UID or a GID, - and to rebase the UID or GID to be obtained from a SID. User RIDs - by default start at 1000 (512 hexadecimal), this means a good value - for base_rid can be 1000 as the resulting ID is calculated this way: - ID = RID - BASE_RID + LOW RANGE ID. + Defines the base integer used to build SIDs out of a UID or a GID, + and to rebase the UID or GID to be obtained from a SID. + This means SIDs with a RID less than the base rid are filtered. + The default is not to restrict the allowed rids at all, + i.e. a base_rid value of 0. + A good value for the base_rid can be 1000, since user + RIDs by default start at 1000 (512 hexadecimal). </para> <para> Use of this parameter is deprecated. @@ -56,6 +58,23 @@ </refsect1> <refsect1> + <title>THE MAPPING FORMULAS</title> + <para> + The Unix ID for a RID is calculated this way: + <programlisting> + ID = RID - BASE_RID + LOW_RANGE_ID. + </programlisting> + </para> + <para> + Correspondingly, the formula for calculationg the RID for a + given Unix ID is this: + <programlisting> + RID = ID + BASE_RID - LOW_RANGE_ID. + </programlisting> + </para> +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> <title>EXAMPLES</title> <para>This example shows how to configure a domain with idmap_rid</para> |