From f459e2fe81495ceac0b7e14dbb302571e5d5953c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jelmer Vernooij Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 23:23:59 +0000 Subject: Update documentation for 'passdb backend' : include mysql and guest backends, remove references to _nua (This used to be commit 7e81c983ad9b6d3fff353b547844fb918a1ab45a) --- docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml | 51 ++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security') diff --git a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml index d755cfc313..21355f98ac 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml +++ b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml @@ -23,15 +23,6 @@ - - smbpasswd_nua - The smbpasswd - backend, but with support for 'not unix accounts'. - Takes a path to the smbpasswd file as an optional argument. - - See also - non unix account range - - tdbsam - The TDB based password storage backend. Takes a path to the TDB as an optional argument (defaults to passdb.tdb @@ -39,33 +30,11 @@ private dir directory. - - tdbsam_nua - 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 - private dir directory. - - See also - non unix account range - - ldapsam - The LDAP based passdb backend. Takes an LDAP URL as an optional argument (defaults to ldap://localhost) - - - ldapsam_nua - The LDAP based passdb - backend, with non unix account support. Takes an LDAP URL as an optional argument (defaults to - ldap://localhost) - - Note: In this module, any account without a matching POSIX account is regarded - as 'non unix'. - - See also - non unix account range - LDAP connections should be secured where possible. This may be done using either Start-TLS (see ldap ssl) or by specifying ldaps:// in @@ -79,15 +48,29 @@ + + mysql - + The MySQL based passdb backend. Takes an identifier as + argument. Read the Samba HOWTO Collection for configuration + details. + + + + guest - + Very simple backend that only provides one user: the guest user. + Only maps the NT guest user to the guest account. + Required in pretty much all situations. + + - Default: passdb backend = smbpasswd unixsam + Default: passdb backend = smbpasswd guest Example: passdb backend = tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb smbpasswd:/etc/samba/smbpasswd guest - Example: passdb backend = ldapsam_nua:ldaps://ldap.example.com guest + Example: passdb backend = ldapsam:ldaps://ldap.example.com guest - Example: passdb backend = mysql:my_plugin_args tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb + Example: passdb backend = mysql:my_plugin_args tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb guest -- cgit