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diff --git a/docs/docbook/manpages/smb.conf.5.sgml b/docs/docbook/manpages/smb.conf.5.sgml index f15cb8c406..4911d3a914 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/manpages/smb.conf.5.sgml +++ b/docs/docbook/manpages/smb.conf.5.sgml @@ -5172,13 +5172,26 @@ <para>Any characters after the (optional) second : are passed to the plugin for its own processing</para> </listitem> - + + <listitem><para><command>unixsam</command> - Allows samba to map all (other) available unix users</para> + + <para>This backend uses the standard unix database for retrieving users. Users included + in this pdb are NOT listed in samba user listings and users included in this pdb won't be + able to login. The use of this backend is to always be able to display the owner of a file + on the samba server - even when the user doesn't have a 'real' samba account in one of the + other passdb backends. + </para> + + <para>This backend should always be the last backend listed, since it contains all users in + the unix passdb and might 'override' mappings if specified earlier. It's meant to only return + accounts for users that aren't covered by the previous backends.</para> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> - <para>Default: <command>passdb backend = smbpasswd</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>Default: <command>passdb backend = smbpasswd unixsam</command></para> + <para>Example: <command>passdb backend = tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb smbpasswd:/etc/samba/smbpasswd unixsam</command></para> + <para>Example: <command>passdb backend = ldapsam_nua:ldaps://ldap.example.com unixsam</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> @@ -6979,7 +6992,6 @@ </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> <term><anchor id="STATCACHE">stat cache (G)</term> <listitem><para>This parameter determines if <ulink |