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-rw-r--r--docs/smbdotconf/protocol/enableasusupport.xml17
-rw-r--r--docs/smbdotconf/security/maptoguest.xml7
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diff --git a/docs/smbdotconf/protocol/enableasusupport.xml b/docs/smbdotconf/protocol/enableasusupport.xml
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index 0000000000..462055c2ef
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+++ b/docs/smbdotconf/protocol/enableasusupport.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<samba:parameter name="enable asu support"
+ context="G"
+ advanced="1" developer="1"
+ type="boolean"
+ xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
+<description>
+ <para>Hosts running the "Advanced Server for Unix (ASU)" product
+ require some special accomodations such as creating a builting [ADMIN$]
+ share that only supports IPC connections. The has been the default
+ behavior in smbd for many years. However, certain Microsoft applications
+ such as the Print Migrator tool require that the remote server support
+ an [ADMIN$} file share. Disabling this parameter allows for creating
+ an [ADMIN$] file share in smb.conf.</para>
+</description>
+
+<value type="default">yes</value>
+</samba:parameter>
diff --git a/docs/smbdotconf/security/maptoguest.xml b/docs/smbdotconf/security/maptoguest.xml
index 242eb069bb..faf30a992a 100644
--- a/docs/smbdotconf/security/maptoguest.xml
+++ b/docs/smbdotconf/security/maptoguest.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@
<emphasis>hate</emphasis> you if you set the <parameter moreinfo="none">map to
guest</parameter> parameter this way :-).</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><constant>Bad Uid</constant> - Is only applicable when Samba is configured
+ in some type of domain mode security (security = {domain|ads}) and means that
+ user logins which are successfully authenticated but which have no valid
+ user account (and smbd is unable to create one) should be mapped to the defined
+ guest account. This was the default behavior of Samba 2.x releases.</para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Note that this parameter is needed to set up &quot;Guest&quot;