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diff --git a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 256b6c9709..0000000000 --- a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,119 +0,0 @@ -<samba:parameter name="passdb backend" - context="G" - advanced="1" developer="1" - xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common"> -<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, separated 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> - - <para>This parameter is in two parts, the backend's name, and a 'location' - string that has meaning only to that particular backed. These are separated - by a : character.</para> - - <para>Available backends can include: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para><command moreinfo="none">smbpasswd</command> - The default smbpasswd - backend. Takes a path to the smbpasswd file as an optional argument. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command moreinfo="none">smbpasswd_nua</command> - The smbpasswd - backend, but with support for 'not unix accounts'. - Takes a path to the smbpasswd file as an optional argument.</para> - - <para>See also <link linkend="NONUNIXACCOUNTRANGE"> - <parameter moreinfo="none">non unix account range</parameter></link></para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command moreinfo="none">tdbsam</command> - The TDB based password storage - backend. Takes a path to the TDB as an optional argument (defaults to passdb.tdb - in the <link linkend="PRIVATEDIR"> - <parameter moreinfo="none">private dir</parameter></link> directory.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command moreinfo="none">tdbsam_nua</command> - The TDB based password storage - backend, with non unix account support. Takes a path to the TDB as an optional argument (defaults to passdb.tdb - in the <link linkend="PRIVATEDIR"> - <parameter moreinfo="none">private dir</parameter></link> directory.</para> - - <para>See also <link linkend="NONUNIXACCOUNTRANGE"> - <parameter moreinfo="none">non unix account range</parameter></link></para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command moreinfo="none">ldapsam</command> - The LDAP based passdb - backend. Takes an LDAP URL as an optional argument (defaults to - <command moreinfo="none">ldap://localhost</command>)</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command moreinfo="none">ldapsam_nua</command> - The LDAP based passdb - backend, with non unix account support. Takes an LDAP URL as an optional argument (defaults to - <command moreinfo="none">ldap://localhost</command>)</para> - - <para>Note: In this module, any account without a matching POSIX account is regarded - as 'non unix'. </para> - - <para>See also <link linkend="NONUNIXACCOUNTRANGE"> - <parameter moreinfo="none">non unix account range</parameter></link></para> - - <para>LDAP connections should be secured where possible. This may be done using either - Start-TLS (see <link linkend="LDAPSSL"><parameter moreinfo="none">ldap ssl</parameter></link>) or by - specifying <parameter moreinfo="none">ldaps://</parameter> in - the URL argument. </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command moreinfo="none">nisplussam</command> - - The NIS+ based passdb backend. Takes name NIS domain as - an optional argument. Only works with sun NIS+ servers. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command moreinfo="none">plugin</command> - Allows Samba to load an - arbitary passdb backend from the .so specified as a compulsary argument. - </para> - - <para>Any characters after the (optional) second : are passed to the plugin - for its own processing</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command moreinfo="none">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 moreinfo="none">passdb backend = smbpasswd unixsam</command></para> - - <para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">passdb backend = tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb smbpasswd:/etc/samba/smbpasswd unixsam</command></para> - - <para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">passdb backend = ldapsam_nua:ldaps://ldap.example.com unixsam</command></para> - - <para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">passdb backend = plugin:/usr/local/samba/lib/my_passdb.so:my_plugin_args tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb</command></para> -</listitem> -</samba:parameter> |