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<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="PASSDBBACKEND">passdb backend (G)</term>
- <listitem><para>This option allows the administrator to chose what
- backend in which to store passwords. This allows (for example) both
- smbpasswd and tdbsam to be used without a recompile. Only one can
- be used at a time however, and experimental backends must still be selected
+ <listitem><para>This option allows the administrator to chose which backends to retrieve and store passwords with. This allows (for example) both
+ smbpasswd and tdbsam to be used without a recompile.
+ Multiple backends can be specified, seperated by spaces. The backends will be searched in the order they are specified. New users are always added to the first backend specified.
+ Experimental backends must still be selected
(eg --with-tdbsam) at configure time.
</para>
@@ -5141,9 +5141,9 @@
</para>
<para>Default: <command>passdb backend = smbpasswd</command></para>
- <para>Example: <command>passdb backend = tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb</command></para>
+ <para>Example: <command>passdb backend = tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb smbpasswd:/etc/samba/smbpasswd</command></para>
<para>Example: <command>passdb backend = ldapsam_nua:ldaps://ldap.example.com</command></para>
- <para>Example: <command>passdb backend = plugin:/usr/local/samba/lib/my_passdb.so:my_plugin_args</command></para>
+ <para>Example: <command>passdb backend = plugin:/usr/local/samba/lib/my_passdb.so:my_plugin_args tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb</command></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>