<samba:parameter name="winbind enum users" context="G" advanced="1" developer="1" xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> <description> <para>On large installations using <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> it may be necessary to suppress the enumeration of users through the <command moreinfo="none">setpwent()</command>, <command moreinfo="none">getpwent()</command> and <command moreinfo="none">endpwent()</command> group of system calls. If the <parameter moreinfo="none">winbind enum users</parameter> parameter is <constant>no</constant>, calls to the <command moreinfo="none">getpwent</command> system call will not return any data. </para> <warning><para>Turning off user enumeration may cause some programs to behave oddly. For example, the finger program relies on having access to the full user list when searching for matching usernames. </para></warning> </description> <value type="default">no</value> </samba:parameter>