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diff --git a/docs/Samba-Guide/Chap06-MakingHappyUsers.xml b/docs/Samba-Guide/Chap06-MakingHappyUsers.xml index 0215a8caa2..722c2aaa42 100644 --- a/docs/Samba-Guide/Chap06-MakingHappyUsers.xml +++ b/docs/Samba-Guide/Chap06-MakingHappyUsers.xml @@ -235,15 +235,16 @@ clients is conservative and if followed will minimize problems - but it is not a </para> <para> - Samba asks the host OS to provide a UID via the "passwd", "shadow" and "group" facilities - in the NSS control (configuration) file. What tool is used by the UNIX administrator is - up to him. It is not imposed by Samba. Samba provides winbindd together with its support - libraries as one method. It is possible to do this via LDAP - and for that Samba provides - the appropriate hooks so that all account entities can be located in an LDAP directory. + Samba asks the host OS to provide a UID via the <quote>passwd</quote>, <quote>shadow</quote> + and <quote>group</quote> facilities in the NSS control (configuration) file. The best tool + for achieving this is left up to the UNIX administrator to determine. It is not imposed by + Samba. Samba provides winbindd together with its support libraries as one method. It is + possible to do this via LDAP - and for that Samba provides the appropriate hooks so that + all account entities can be located in an LDAP directory. </para> <para> - If the weapon of choice (as it is for LDAP) is to use the PADL nss_ldap utility it must + For many the weapon of choice is to use the PADL nss_ldap utility. This utility must be configured so that computer accounts can be resolved to a POSIX/UNIX account UID. That is fundamentally an LDAP design question. The information provided on the Samba list and in the documentation is directed at providing working examples only. The design |