<samba:parameter name="ldap ssl" context="G" type="enum" advanced="1" developer="1" xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> <description> <para>This option is used to define whether or not Samba should use SSL when connecting to the ldap server This is <emphasis>NOT</emphasis> related to Samba's previous SSL support which was enabled by specifying the <command moreinfo="none">--with-ssl</command> option to the <filename moreinfo="none">configure</filename> script.</para> <para>The <smbconfoption name="ldap ssl"/> can be set to one of three values:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para><parameter moreinfo="none">Off</parameter> = Never use SSL when querying the directory.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><parameter moreinfo="none">Start_tls</parameter> = Use the LDAPv3 StartTLS extended operation (RFC2830) for communicating with the directory server.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><parameter moreinfo="none">On</parameter> = Use SSL on the ldaps port when contacting the <parameter moreinfo="none">ldap server</parameter>. Only available when the backwards-compatiblity <command moreinfo="none">--with-ldapsam</command> option is specified to configure. See <smbconfoption name="passdb backend"/></para>. </listitem> </itemizedlist> </description> <value type="default">start_tls</value> </samba:parameter>