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| author | Michael Adam <obnox@samba.org> | 2009-01-21 10:55:19 +0100 |
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| committer | Karolin Seeger <kseeger@samba.org> | 2009-01-22 09:50:51 +0100 |
| commit | 6778099259661a65337a66282db6d0228e453545 (patch) | |
| tree | 4f95c31c96464732a45e9122f17c1518deeb14e8 | |
| parent | 340931bd335e9906cc72e7d4f7f1ae15d2906dcd (diff) | |
| download | samba-6778099259661a65337a66282db6d0228e453545.tar.gz | |
s3:docs: clarify explanation of the allocator in the idmap_tdb manpage
Michael
(cherry picked from commit 665b5dc70333ca36129a6fe06645bd9faa4f2350)
Signed-off-by: Michael Adam <obnox@samba.org>
(cherry picked from commit 83a03a3ced255f0a64935fe788ac3b0ddf669ca5)
| -rw-r--r-- | docs-xml/manpages-3/idmap_tdb.8.xml | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages-3/idmap_tdb.8.xml b/docs-xml/manpages-3/idmap_tdb.8.xml index b9b3e412914..9c44f1a3171 100644 --- a/docs-xml/manpages-3/idmap_tdb.8.xml +++ b/docs-xml/manpages-3/idmap_tdb.8.xml @@ -21,10 +21,16 @@ <para> The idmap_tdb plugin is the default backend used by winbindd - for storing SID/uid/gid mapping tables. In contrast to read only - backends like idmap_rid, it is an allocating backend: - This means that it needs to allocate new user and group IDs - to create new mappings as requests to yet unmapped users are answered. + for storing SID/uid/gid mapping tables. + </para> + + <para> + In contrast to read only backends like idmap_rid, it is an allocating + backend: This means that it needs to allocate new user and group IDs in + order to create new mappings. The allocator can be provided by the + idmap_tdb backend itself or by any other allocating backend like + idmap_ldap or idmap_tdb2. This is configured with the + parameter <parameter>idmap alloc backend</parameter>. </para> <para> |