From: Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 11:11:26 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: docs-xml: document "map untrusted to domain = auto"
X-Git-Tag: tevent-0.9.32~99
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b6e2ddaee1867b49710d22ebcb6c87b2f0a54a29;p=thirdparty%2Fsamba.git

docs-xml: document "map untrusted to domain = auto"

BUG: https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8630

Signed-off-by: Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org>
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diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/mapuntrustedtodomain.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/mapuntrustedtodomain.xml
index a02948ace4b..095ce6e5760 100644
--- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/mapuntrustedtodomain.xml
+++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/mapuntrustedtodomain.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,20 @@
 <samba:parameter name="map untrusted to domain"
                  context="G"
-                 type="boolean"
+                 type="enum"
+                 enumlist="enum_bool_auto"
                  deprecated="1"
                  xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
 <description>
+    <para>
+    With <smbconfoption name="map untrusted to domain">auto</smbconfoption>
+    smbd will defer the decision whether the domain name provided by the
+    client is a valid domain name to the Domain Controller (DC) of
+    the domain it is a member of, if it is not a DC.  If the DC indicates
+    that the domain portion is unknown, then a local authentication is performed.
+    Standalone servers always ignore the domain.  This is basically the same as
+    the behavior implemented in Windows.
+    </para>
+
     <para>
     By default, and with <smbconfoption name="map untrusted to domain">no</smbconfoption>,
     if a client connects to smbd using an untrusted domain name, such as
@@ -12,6 +23,11 @@
     attempting to authenticate that user.  In the case where smbd is acting as
     a NT4 PDC/BDC this will be DOMAIN\user.  In the case where smbd is acting as a
     domain member server or a standalone server this will be WORKSTATION\user.
+    While this appears similar to the behaviour of
+    <smbconfoption name="map untrusted to domain">auto</smbconfoption>,
+    the difference is that smbd will use a cached (maybe incomplete) list
+    of trusted domains in order to classify a domain as "untrusted"
+    before contacting any DC first.
     </para>
 
     <para>
@@ -21,6 +37,11 @@
     primary domain before attempting to authenticate that user.
     This will be DOMAIN\user in all server roles except active directory domain controller.
     </para>
+
+    <para>
+    <smbconfoption name="map untrusted to domain">auto</smbconfoption> was added
+    with Samba 4.7.0.
+    </para>
 </description>
 
 <value type="default">no</value>