From: Gerald Carter Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 19:08:36 +0000 (+0000) Subject: fix passdb backend description for 3.0.23 behavior X-Git-Tag: samba-3.3.0pre1~1751 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6400414f57c6927f5b993da33b74bf53cf1aa678;p=thirdparty%2Fsamba.git fix passdb backend description for 3.0.23 behavior --- diff --git a/docs/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml b/docs/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml index 1a4baa5c08e..1555af1d48f 100644 --- a/docs/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml +++ b/docs/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml @@ -1,18 +1,15 @@ - This option allows the administrator to chose which backends - to retrieve and store passwords with. This allows (for example) both - smbpasswd and tdbsam to be used without a recompile. Multiple - backends can be specified, separated by spaces. The backends will be - searched in the order they are specified. New users are always added - to the first backend specified. + This option allows the administrator to chose which backend + will be used for storing user and possibly group information. This allows + you to swap between dfferent storage mechanisms without recompile. - This parameter is in two parts, the backend's name, and a 'location' + The parameter value is divided into two parts, the backend's name, and a 'location' string that has meaning only to that particular backed. These are separated by a : character. @@ -46,41 +43,16 @@ - - - nisplussam - - The NIS+ based passdb backend. Takes name NIS domain as - an optional argument. Only works with sun NIS+ servers. - - - - - mysql - - The MySQL based passdb backend. Takes an identifier as - argument. Read the Samba HOWTO Collection for configuration - details. - - Examples of use are: -passdb backend = tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb \ - smbpasswd:/etc/samba/smbpasswd - -or - -passdb backend = ldapsam:ldaps://ldap.example.com - -or - -passdb backend = ldapsam:"ldap://ldap-1.example.com \ - ldap://ldap-2.example.com" +passdb backend = tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb or -passdb backend = mysql:my_plugin_args tdbsam +passdb backend = ldapsam:"ldap://ldap-1.example.com ldap://ldap-2.example.com"