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<samba:parameter name="idmap alloc backend"
                 context="G"
		 type="string"
                 advanced="1" developer="1" hide="1"
                 xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
<description>
	<para>
	The idmap alloc backend provides a plugin interface for Winbind to use
	when allocating Unix uids/gids for Windows SIDs. This option refers
	to the name of the idmap module which will provide the id allocation
	functionality. Please refer to the man page for each idmap plugin to
	determine whether or not the module implements the allocation feature.
	The most common plugins are the tdb (<citerefentry>
	<refentrytitle>idmap_tdb</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>)
	and ldap (<citerefentry><refentrytitle>idmap_ldap</refentrytitle>
	<manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>) libraries.
	</para>

	<para>
	This parameter defaults to the value <smbconfoption name="idmap
	backend"/> was set to, so by default winbind will allocate Unix IDs
	from the default backend. You will only need to set this parameter
	explicitly if you have an external source for Unix IDs, like a central
	database service somewhere in your company.
	</para>

	<para>
	Also refer to the <smbconfoption name="idmap alloc config"/> option.
	</para>
</description>

<value type="example">tdb</value>
</samba:parameter>