Author: jerry Date: 2006-07-06 19:08:36 +0000 (Thu, 06 Jul 2006) New Revision: 974
WebSVN: http://websvn.samba.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi?view=rev&root=samba-docs&rev=974 Log: fix passdb backend description for 3.0.23 behavior Modified: trunk/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml Changeset: Modified: trunk/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml 2006-07-04 18:47:10 UTC (rev 973) +++ trunk/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml 2006-07-06 19:08:36 UTC (rev 974) @@ -1,18 +1,15 @@ <samba:parameter name="passdb backend" context="G" - type="list" + type="list" advanced="1" developer="1" xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc";> <description> - <para>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. </para> + <para>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. </para> - <para>This parameter is in two parts, the backend's name, and a 'location' + <para>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.</para> @@ -46,41 +43,16 @@ </para> </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command moreinfo="none">nisplussam</command> - - The NIS+ based passdb backend. Takes name NIS domain as - an optional argument. Only works with sun NIS+ servers. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command moreinfo="none">mysql</command> - - The MySQL based passdb backend. Takes an identifier as - argument. Read the Samba HOWTO Collection for configuration - details. - </para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> </para> Examples of use are: <programlisting> -passdb backend = tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb \ - smbpasswd:/etc/samba/smbpasswd +passdb backend = tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb or -passdb backend = ldapsam:ldaps://ldap.example.com - -or - -passdb backend = ldapsam:"ldap://ldap-1.example.com \ - ldap://ldap-2.example.com"; - -or - -passdb backend = mysql:my_plugin_args tdbsam +passdb backend = ldapsam:"ldap://ldap-1.example.com ldap://ldap-2.example.com"; </programlisting> </description>
