From 422c2467a0d23c91feb5008ac2244b4054c27b43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Terpstra Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 01:16:24 +0000 Subject: Adding idmap backend man page section. (This used to be commit c10a0a1a0fc8ca91472ec53f82169a6c3a9fea7b) --- docs/docbook/smbdotconf/winbind/idmapbackend.xml | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/docbook/smbdotconf/winbind/idmapbackend.xml (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/winbind/idmapbackend.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/winbind/idmapbackend.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4937256bbb --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/winbind/idmapbackend.xml @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ + + + + The purpose of the idmap backend parameter is to allow idmap to NOT use the local idmap + tdb file to obtain SID to UID / GID mappings, but instead to obtain them from a common + LDAP backend. This way all domain members and controllers will have the same UID and GID + to SID mappings. This avoids the risk of UID / GID inconsistencies across UNIX / Linux + systems that are sharing information over protocols other than SMB/CIFS (ie: NFS). + + + Default: idmap backend = <empty string> + + Example: idmap backend = ldapsam://ldapslave.example.com + + -- cgit