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diff --git a/docs/Samba-Guide/Chap06-MakingHappyUsers.xml b/docs/Samba-Guide/Chap06-MakingHappyUsers.xml index 67ca4184f9..0464eed9ae 100644 --- a/docs/Samba-Guide/Chap06-MakingHappyUsers.xml +++ b/docs/Samba-Guide/Chap06-MakingHappyUsers.xml @@ -2360,12 +2360,19 @@ writing new configuration file: In the following examples, as the LDAP database is initialized, we do create a container for Computer (machine) accounts. In the Samba-3 &smb.conf; files, specific use is made of the People container, not the Computers container, for domain member accounts. This is not a - mistake; it is a deliberate action that is necessitated by the fact that there is a bug in Samba-3 - that prevents it from being able to search the LDAP database for computer accounts if they are - placed in the Computers container. By placing all machine accounts in the People container, we - are able to side-step this bug. It is expected that at some time in the future this problem will - be resolved. At that time, it will be possible to use the Computers container in order to keep - machine accounts separate from user accounts. + mistake; it is a deliberate action that is necessitated by the fact that the resolution of + a machine (computer) account to a UID is done via NSS. The only way this can be handled is + using the NSS (<filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename>) entry for <constant>passwd</constant> + which is resolved using the <filename>nss_ldap</filename> library. The configuration file for + the <filename>nss_ldap</filename> library is the file <filename>/etc/ldap.conf</filename> that + provides only one possible LDAP search command that is specified by the entry called + <constant>nss_base_passwd</constant>. This means that the search path must take into account + the directory structure so that the LDAP search will commence at a level that is above + both the Computers container and the Users (or People) container. If this is done, it is + necessary to use a search that will descend the directory tree so that the machine account + can be found. Alternately, by placing all machine accounts in the People container, we + are able to side-step this limitation. This is the simpler solution that has been adopted + in this chapter. </para></note> |