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diff --git a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml
index 256b6c9709..d755cfc313 100644
--- a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml
+++ b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
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>
+ to the first backend specified. </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
@@ -79,41 +78,16 @@
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 = tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb smbpasswd:/etc/samba/smbpasswd guest</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 = ldapsam_nua:ldaps://ldap.example.com guest</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>
+ <para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">passdb backend = mysql:my_plugin_args tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb</command></para>
</listitem>
</samba:parameter>