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diff --git a/docs/htmldocs/winbindd.8.html b/docs/htmldocs/winbindd.8.html index 938c2dcb2f..ad54228a6f 100644 --- a/docs/htmldocs/winbindd.8.html +++ b/docs/htmldocs/winbindd.8.html @@ -36,23 +36,22 @@ NAME="AEN8" ><P ><B CLASS="COMMAND" ->nmblookup</B -> [-d debuglevel] [-i] [-S] [-r] [-A] [-h] [-B <broadcast address>] [-U <unicast address>] [-d <debug level>] [-s <smb config file>] [-i <NetBIOS scope>] [-T] {name}</P +>winbindd</B +> [-i] [-d <debug level>] [-s <smb config file>]</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN24" +NAME="AEN14" ></A ><H2 >DESCRIPTION</H2 ><P ->This tool is part of the <A +>This program is part of the <A HREF="samba.7.html" TARGET="_top" > Samba</A -> suite version 3.0 and describes functionality not - yet implemented in the main version of Samba.</P +> suite.</P ><P ><B CLASS="COMMAND" @@ -70,7 +69,10 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" of user and group ids specified by the administrator of the Samba system.</P ><P ->The service provided by winbindd is called `winbind' and +>The service provided by <B +CLASS="COMMAND" +>winbindd</B +> is called `winbind' and can be used to resolve user and group information from a Windows NT server. The service can also provide authentication services via an associated PAM module. </P @@ -147,7 +149,7 @@ group: files winbind ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN52" +NAME="AEN43" ></A ><H2 >OPTIONS</H2 @@ -186,7 +188,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN65" +NAME="AEN56" ></A ><H2 >NAME AND ID RESOLUTION</H2 @@ -217,7 +219,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN71" +NAME="AEN62" ></A ><H2 >CONFIGURATION</H2 @@ -252,7 +254,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" DOMAIN\username. In some cases this separator character may cause problems as the '\' character has special meaning in unix shells. In that case you can use the winbind separator - option to specify an alternative sepataror character. Good + option to specify an alternative separator character. Good alternatives may be '/' (although that conflicts with the unix directory separator) or a '+ 'character. The '+' character appears to be the best choice for 100% @@ -276,7 +278,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ><P >The winbind uid parameter specifies the range of user ids that are allocated by the winbindd daemon. - This range of ids should have no existing local or nis users + This range of ids should have no existing local or NIS users within it as strange conflicts can occur otherwise. </P ><P >Default: <B @@ -296,7 +298,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ><P >The winbind gid parameter specifies the range of group ids that are allocated by the winbindd daemon. - This range of group ids should have no existing local or nis + This range of group ids should have no existing local or NIS groups within it as strange conflicts can occur otherwise.</P ><P >Default: <B @@ -319,7 +321,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" seconds the winbindd daemon will cache user and group information before querying a Windows NT server again. When a item in the cache is older than this time winbindd will ask the domain - controller for the sequence number of the servers account database. + controller for the sequence number of the server's account database. If the sequence number has not changed then the cached item is marked as valid for a further <TT CLASS="PARAMETER" @@ -375,7 +377,10 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ><EM >Warning:</EM > Turning off user enumeration - may cause some programs to behave oddly. For example, the finger + may cause some programs to behave oddly. For example, the <B +CLASS="COMMAND" +>finger</B +> program relies on having access to the full user list when searching for matching usernames. </P ><P @@ -479,7 +484,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN152" +NAME="AEN144" ></A ><H2 >EXAMPLE SETUP</H2 @@ -563,12 +568,13 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" >The next step is to join the domain. To do that use the <B CLASS="COMMAND" ->samedit</B +>smbpasswd</B > program like this: </P ><P ><B CLASS="COMMAND" ->samedit -S '*' -W DOMAIN -UAdministrator</B +>smbpasswd -j DOMAIN -r PDC -U + Administrator</B ></P ><P >The username after the <TT @@ -576,20 +582,10 @@ CLASS="PARAMETER" ><I >-U</I ></TT -> can be any Domain - user that has administrator priviliges on the machine. Next from - within <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->samedit</B ->, run the command: </P -><P -><B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->createuser MACHINE$ -j DOMAIN -L</B -></P -><P ->This assumes your domain is called "DOMAIN" and your Samba - workstation is called "MACHINE". </P +> can be any + Domain user that has administrator privileges on the machine. + Substitute your domain name for "DOMAIN" and the name of your PDC + for "PDC".</P ><P >Next copy <TT CLASS="FILENAME" @@ -620,7 +616,10 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" >/lib/libnss_winbind.so.1</TT >.</P ><P ->Finally, setup a smb.conf containing directives like the +>Finally, setup a <TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>smb.conf</TT +> containing directives like the following: </P ><P ><TABLE @@ -663,10 +662,10 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN194" +NAME="AEN183" ></A ><H2 ->Notes</H2 +>NOTES</H2 ><P >The following notes are useful when configuring and running <B @@ -697,10 +696,8 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" >winbindd</B > nsswitch module read an environment variable named <TT -CLASS="PARAMETER" -><I -> $WINBINDD_DOMAIN</I -></TT +CLASS="ENVAR" +> $WINBINDD_DOMAIN</TT >. If this variable contains a comma separated list of Windows NT domain names, then winbindd will only resolve users and groups within those Windows NT domains. </P @@ -723,10 +720,10 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN210" +NAME="AEN199" ></A ><H2 ->Signals</H2 +>SIGNALS</H2 ><P >The following signals can be used to manipulate the <B @@ -774,10 +771,10 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN227" +NAME="AEN216" ></A ><H2 ->Files</H2 +>FILES</H2 ><P ></P ><DIV @@ -826,9 +823,11 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" >Storage for the Windows NT rid to UNIX user/group id mapping. The lock directory is specified when Samba is initially compiled using the <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" ->--with-lockdir</TT -> option. +CLASS="PARAMETER" +><I +>--with-lockdir</I +></TT +> option. This directory is by default <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/usr/local/samba/var/locks @@ -848,19 +847,18 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN256" +NAME="AEN245" ></A ><H2 >VERSION</H2 ><P ->This man page is correct for version 2.2 of - the Samba suite. winbindd is however not available in - stable release of Samba as of yet.</P +>This man page is correct for version 2.2 of + the Samba suite.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN259" +NAME="AEN248" ></A ><H2 >SEE ALSO</H2 @@ -888,7 +886,7 @@ TARGET="_top" ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN266" +NAME="AEN255" ></A ><H2 >AUTHOR</H2 |