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authorJeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>2015-03-19 13:09:21 -0700
committerJeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>2015-03-25 22:21:13 +0100
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docs: Mark 'client use spnego principal' as deprecated and also a bad idea.
Bug 10888 - smbclient doesn't ignore "not_defined_in_RFC4178@please_ignore" https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10888 Signed-off-by: Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org> Reviewed-by: Stefan (metze) Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
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-rw-r--r--docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/clientusepsnegoprincipal.xml7
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diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/clientusepsnegoprincipal.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/clientusepsnegoprincipal.xml
index 6ec1eb11165..792a7386f36 100644
--- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/clientusepsnegoprincipal.xml
+++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/clientusepsnegoprincipal.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
servers known only by IP address. Kerberos relies on names, so
ordinarily cannot function in this situation. </para>
+ <para>This is a VERY BAD IDEA for security reasons, and so this
+ parameter SHOULD NOT BE USED. It will be removed in a future
+ version of Samba.</para>
+
<para>If disabled, Samba will use the name used to look up the
server when asking the KDC for a ticket. This avoids situations
where a server may impersonate another, soliciting authentication
@@ -23,6 +27,9 @@
<para>Note that Windows XP SP2 and later versions already follow
this behaviour, and Windows Vista and later servers no longer
supply this 'rfc4178 hint' principal on the server side.</para>
+
+ <para>This parameter is deprecated in Samba 4.2.1 and will be removed
+ (along with the functionality) in a later release of Samba.</para>
</description>
<value type="default">no</value>
</samba:parameter>