Attachment 6122 Details for Bug 7788 – manpage update for idmap_rid

[patch] manpage update for idmap_rid

0001-docs-clarify-the-idmap_rid-manpage-bug-7788.patch (text/plain), 1.77 KB, created by Michael Adam on 2010-12-07 14:41:58 UTC

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Created: 2010-12-07 14:41:58 UTC

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>From a52a587783e058f75815fa8add1f46b1c1d6f2d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>From: Michael Adam <obnox@samba.org>
>Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 17:30:27 +0100
>Subject: [PATCH] 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
>---
> 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 33200b8..a2a1c58 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>
>-- 
>1.6.3.3
>

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