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| author | Michael Adam <obnox@samba.org> | 2009-01-21 10:55:19 +0100 |
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| committer | Michael Adam <obnox@samba.org> | 2009-01-21 10:56:56 +0100 |
| commit | 665b5dc70333ca36129a6fe06645bd9faa4f2350 (patch) | |
| tree | 3392c72453777a2886d1d36549b485e58c792979 /docs-xml | |
| parent | 65b79200e46751278c125ad260d899d10d6466a2 (diff) | |
| download | samba-665b5dc70333ca36129a6fe06645bd9faa4f2350.tar.gz | |
s3:docs: clarify explanation of the allocator in the idmap_tdb manpage
Michael
Diffstat (limited to 'docs-xml')
| -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 fb23076d088..2b4c050966b 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> |