From 97083568472a52433b00abc7e9f7e1a027ab1064 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Bartlett Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 09:30:05 +0000 Subject: Documentation updates. (This used to be commit 9a9e4e92ae079eb906dcc7123df092f4917b5dad) --- docs/docbook/manpages/smb.conf.5.sgml | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 58 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/docbook') diff --git a/docs/docbook/manpages/smb.conf.5.sgml b/docs/docbook/manpages/smb.conf.5.sgml index 5779f72da5..a49ee7cd35 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/manpages/smb.conf.5.sgml +++ b/docs/docbook/manpages/smb.conf.5.sgml @@ -394,7 +394,12 @@ %L the NetBIOS name of the server. This allows you to change your config based on what the client calls you. Your - server can have a "dual personality". + server can have a "dual personality". + + Note that this paramater is not available when Samba listens + on port 445, as clients no longer send this information + + @@ -3244,11 +3249,11 @@ with Windows 2000. Note that due to Windows 2000 client redirector bugs this requires Samba to be running on a 64-bit capable operating system such as IRIX, Solaris or a Linux 2.4 kernel. Can improve performance by 10% with - Windows 2000 clients. Defaults to off. Not as tested as some other Samba + Windows 2000 clients. Defaults to on. Not as tested as some other Samba code paths. - Default : large readwrite = no + Default : large readwrite = yes @@ -5065,8 +5070,57 @@ (eg --with-tdbsam) at configure time. + This paramater is in two parts, the backend's name, and a 'location' + string that has meaning only to that particular backed. These are separated + by a : character. + + Available backends can include: + + smbpasswd - The default smbpasswd + backend. Takes a path to the smbpasswd file as an optional argument. + + 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 + in the + 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) + See also + non unix account range + + plugin - Allows Samba to load an + arbitary passdb backend from the .so specified as a compulsary argument. + + + Any characters after the (optional) second : are passed to the plugin + for its own processing + + + + Default: passdb backend = smbpasswd - Example: passdb backend = tdbsam + Example: passdb backend = tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb + Example: passdb backend = ldapsam_nua:ldaps://ldap.example.com + Example: passdb backend = plugin:/usr/local/samba/lib/my_passdb.so:my_plugin_args -- cgit