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+<samba:parameter name="non unix account range"
+ context="G"
+ advanced="1" developer="1"
+ xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
+<listitem>
+ <para>The non unix account range parameter specifies
+ the range of 'user ids' that are allocated by the various 'non unix
+ account' passdb backends. These backends allow
+ the storage of passwords for users who don't exist in /etc/passwd.
+ This is most often used for machine account creation.
+ This range of ids should have no existing local or NIS users within
+ it as strange conflicts can occur otherwise.</para>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>These userids never appear on the system and Samba will never
+ 'become' these users. They are used only to ensure that the algorithmic
+ RID mapping does not conflict with normal users.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+
+ <para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">non unix account range = &lt;empty string&gt;</command></para>
+
+ <para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">non unix account range = 10000-20000</command></para>
+</listitem>
+</samba:parameter>