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diff --git a/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-StandAloneServer.xml b/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-StandAloneServer.xml index ae658e28ea..fa7fdf72b9 100644 --- a/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-StandAloneServer.xml +++ b/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-StandAloneServer.xml @@ -97,13 +97,12 @@ the Samba server is not a member of a domain security context. <indexterm><primary>local smbpasswd file</primary></indexterm> <indexterm><primary>LDAP backend</primary></indexterm> <indexterm><primary>Winbind</primary></indexterm> -Through the use of Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) and the name service switcher (NSS), -which maintains the UNIX-user database, the source of authentication may reside on -another server. We would be inclined to call this the authentication server. -This means that the Samba server may use the local UNIX/Linux system password database -(<filename>/etc/passwd</filename> or <filename>/etc/shadow</filename>), may use a -local smbpasswd file, or may use an LDAP backend, or even via PAM and Winbind another CIFS/SMB server -for authentication. +Through the use of Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) (see <link linkend="pam">the chapter on PAM</link>) +and the name service switcher (NSS), which maintains the UNIX-user database, the source of authentication may +reside on another server. We would be inclined to call this the authentication server. This means that the +Samba server may use the local UNIX/Linux system password database (<filename>/etc/passwd</filename> or +<filename>/etc/shadow</filename>), may use a local smbpasswd file, or may use an LDAP backend, or even via PAM +and Winbind another CIFS/SMB server for authentication. </para> </sect1> |