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diff --git a/docs/docbook/projdoc/pdb_mysql.sgml b/docs/docbook/projdoc/pdb_mysql.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index 59a134a15f..0000000000 --- a/docs/docbook/projdoc/pdb_mysql.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,146 +0,0 @@ -<chapter id="pdb-mysql"> -<chapterinfo> - <author> - <firstname>Jelmer</firstname><surname>Vernooij</surname> - <affiliation> - <orgname>The Samba Team</orgname> - <address><email>jelmer@samba.org</email></address> - </affiliation> - </author> - <pubdate>November 2002</pubdate> -</chapterinfo> - -<title>Passdb MySQL plugin</title> - -<sect1> -<title>Building</title> - -<para>To build the plugin, run <command>make bin/pdb_mysql.so</command> -in the <filename>source/</filename> directory of samba distribution. -</para> - -<para>Next, copy pdb_mysql.so to any location you want. I -strongly recommend installing it in $PREFIX/lib or /usr/lib/samba/</para> - -</sect1> - -<sect1> -<title>Configuring</title> - -<para>This plugin lacks some good documentation, but here is some short info:</para> - -<para>Add a the following to the <command>passdb backend</command> variable in your <filename>smb.conf</filename>: -<programlisting> -passdb backend = [other-plugins] plugin:/location/to/pdb_mysql.so:identifier [other-plugins] -</programlisting> -</para> - -<para>The identifier can be any string you like, as long as it doesn't collide with -the identifiers of other plugins or other instances of pdb_mysql. If you -specify multiple pdb_mysql.so entries in 'passdb backend', you also need to -use different identifiers! -</para> - -<para> -Additional options can be given thru the smb.conf file in the [global] section. -</para> - -<para><programlisting> -identifier:mysql host - host name, defaults to 'localhost' -identifier:mysql password -identifier:mysql user - defaults to 'samba' -identifier:mysql database - defaults to 'samba' -identifier:mysql port - defaults to 3306 -identifier:table - Name of the table containing users -</programlisting></para> - -<para> -<emphasis> -WARNING: since the password for the mysql user is stored in the -smb.conf file, you should make the the smb.conf file -readable only to the user that runs samba. This is considered a security -bug and will be fixed soon.</emphasis> -</para> - -<para>Names of the columns in this table(I've added column types those columns should have first):</para> - -<para><programlisting> -identifier:logon time column - int(9) -identifier:logoff time column - int(9) -identifier:kickoff time column - int(9) -identifier:pass last set time column - int(9) -identifier:pass can change time column - int(9) -identifier:pass must change time column - int(9) -identifier:username column - varchar(255) - unix username -identifier:domain column - varchar(255) - NT domain user is part of -identifier:nt username column - varchar(255) - NT username -identifier:fullname column - varchar(255) - Full name of user -identifier:home dir column - varchar(255) - Unix homedir path -identifier:dir drive column - varchar(2) - Directory drive path (eg: 'H:') -identifier:logon script column - varchar(255) - Batch file to run on client side when logging on -identifier:profile path column - varchar(255) - Path of profile -identifier:acct desc column - varchar(255) - Some ASCII NT user data -identifier:workstations column - varchar(255) - Workstations user can logon to (or NULL for all) -identifier:unknown string column - varchar(255) - unknown string -identifier:munged dial column - varchar(255) - ? -identifier:uid column - int(9) - Unix user ID (uid) -identifier:gid column - int(9) - Unix user group (gid) -identifier:user sid column - varchar(255) - NT user SID -identifier:group sid column - varchar(255) - NT group ID -identifier:lanman pass column - varchar(255) - encrypted lanman password -identifier:nt pass column - varchar(255) - encrypted nt passwd -identifier:plain pass column - varchar(255) - plaintext password -identifier:acct control column - int(9) - nt user data -identifier:unknown 3 column - int(9) - unknown -identifier:logon divs column - int(9) - ? -identifier:hours len column - int(9) - ? -identifier:unknown 5 column - int(9) - unknown -identifier:unknown 6 column - int(9) - unknown -</programlisting></para> - -<para> -Eventually, you can put a colon (:) after the name of each column, which -should specify the column to update when updating the table. You can also -specify nothing behind the colon - then the data from the field will not be -updated. -</para> - -</sect1> - -<sect1> -<title>Using plaintext passwords or encrypted password</title> - -<para> -I strongly discourage the use of plaintext passwords, however, you can use them: -</para> - -<para> -If you would like to use plaintext passwords, set 'identifier:lanman pass column' and 'identifier:nt pass column' to 'NULL' (without the quotes) and 'identifier:plain pass column' to the name of the column containing the plaintext passwords. -</para> - -<para> -If you use encrypted passwords, set the 'identifier:plain pass column' to 'NULL' (without the quotes). This is the default. -</para> - -</sect1> - -<sect1> -<title>Getting non-column data from the table</title> - -<para> -It is possible to have not all data in the database and making some 'constant'. -</para> - -<para> -For example, you can set 'identifier:fullname column' to : -<command>CONCAT(First_name,' ',Sur_name)</command> -</para> - -<para> -Or, set 'identifier:workstations column' to : -<command>NULL</command></para> - -<para>See the MySQL documentation for more language constructs.</para> - -</sect1> -</chapter> |