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| author | Michael Adam <obnox@samba.org> | 2010-12-07 17:30:27 +0100 |
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| committer | Karolin Seeger <kseeger@samba.org> | 2012-09-21 09:44:45 +0200 |
| commit | fa8b1fa084a0695e949bf5d473faf6ef523900ee (patch) | |
| tree | 2512dd28e3dba7390df0a28160972b59c2c744c3 | |
| parent | 1d5b8aa6a8c242e6b40e8a984a04bcd76bfdd884 (diff) | |
| download | samba-fa8b1fa084a0695e949bf5d473faf6ef523900ee.tar.gz | |
docs: clarify the idmap_rid manpage (bug #7788)
The idmap_rid module should not be used as a default backend.
Also mention that the old snytax "idmap backend = rid:domain=range ..."
is not supported any more.
Autobuild-User: Michael Adam <obnox@samba.org>
Autobuild-Date: Tue Dec 7 19:07:57 CET 2010 on sn-devel-104
(cherry picked from commit a4f48b3da0081845336c55ff230179caeab5195c)
| -rw-r--r-- | docs-xml/manpages-3/idmap_rid.8.xml | 18 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages-3/idmap_rid.8.xml b/docs-xml/manpages-3/idmap_rid.8.xml index 55aed62f856..a453e914528 100644 --- a/docs-xml/manpages-3/idmap_rid.8.xml +++ b/docs-xml/manpages-3/idmap_rid.8.xml @@ -21,6 +21,24 @@ <para>The idmap_rid backend provides a way to use an algorithmic mapping scheme to map UIDs/GIDs and SIDs. No database is required in this case as the mapping is deterministic.</para> + + <para> + Note that the idmap_rid module has changed considerably since Samba + versions 3.0. and 3.2. + Currently, there should to be an explicit idmap configuration for each + domain that should use the idmap_rid backend, using disjoint ranges. + One usually needs to define a writeable default idmap range, using + a backent like <parameter>tdb</parameter> or <parameter>ldap</parameter> + that can create unix ids, in order to be able to map the BUILTIN sids + and other domains, and also in order to be able to create group mappings. + See the example below. + </para> + + <para> + Note that the old syntax + <parameter>idmap backend = rid:"DOM1=range DOM2=range2 ..."</parameter> + is not supported any more since Samba version 3.0.25. + </para> </refsynopsisdiv> <refsect1> |