From c5ae3a64863842960f42589a5ddc07755b4f6316 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Terpstra Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 06:37:37 +0000 Subject: Updating TOSHARG files (This used to be commit 2ada75f02f4ba7de548a56a14f1bb0281029e063) --- docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-Winbind.xml | 26 +++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-Winbind.xml') diff --git a/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-Winbind.xml b/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-Winbind.xml index ace368ec2d..af2e3d9af3 100644 --- a/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-Winbind.xml +++ b/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-Winbind.xml @@ -333,26 +333,22 @@ remote management user authentication print spooling - Over the last few years, efforts have been underway - by various Samba Team members to decode various aspects of - the Microsoft Remote Procedure Call (MSRPC) system. This - system is used for most network-related operations between - Windows NT machines, including remote management, user authentication, - and print spooling. Although initially this work was done - to aid the implementation of Primary Domain Controller (PDC) - functionality in Samba, it has also yielded a body of code that - can be used for other purposes. + Over the last few years, efforts have been underway by various Samba Team members to implement various aspects of + the Microsoft Remote Procedure Call (MSRPC) system. This system is used for most network-related operations + between Windows NT machines, including remote management, user authentication, and print spooling. Although + initially this work was done to aid the implementation of Primary Domain Controller (PDC) functionality in + Samba, it has also yielded a body of code that can be used for other purposes. + MSRPC enumerate domain users enumerate domain groups - Winbind uses various MSRPC calls to enumerate domain users - and groups and to obtain detailed information about individual - users or groups. Other MSRPC calls can be used to authenticate - NT domain users and to change user passwords. By directly querying - a Windows PDC for user and group information, Winbind maps the - NT account information onto UNIX user and group names. + Winbind uses various MSRPC calls to enumerate domain users and groups and to obtain detailed information about + individual users or groups. Other MSRPC calls can be used to authenticate NT domain users and to change user + passwords. By directly querying a Windows PDC for user and group information, Winbind maps the NT account + information onto UNIX user and group names. + -- cgit