svn commit: samba-docs r240 - in trunk/manpages: .

abartlet at samba.org abartlet at samba.org
Sat Oct 2 10:46:13 GMT 2004


Author: abartlet
Date: 2004-10-02 10:46:13 +0000 (Sat, 02 Oct 2004)
New Revision: 240

WebSVN: http://websvn.samba.org/websvn/changeset.php?rep=samba-docs&path=/trunk/manpages&rev=240&nolog=1

Log:
Add a note warning against the use of wbinfo -a for authenticacation
(ntlm_auth is for that).

Andrew Bartlett

Modified:
   trunk/manpages/wbinfo.1.xml


Changeset:
Modified: trunk/manpages/wbinfo.1.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/manpages/wbinfo.1.xml	2004-10-02 10:44:54 UTC (rev 239)
+++ trunk/manpages/wbinfo.1.xml	2004-10-02 10:46:13 UTC (rev 240)
@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@
 		<term>-a username%password</term>
 		<listitem><para>Attempt to authenticate a user via winbindd. 
                 This checks both authenticaion methods and reports its results.
-		</para></listitem>
+		</para><note><para>Do not be tempted to use this
+		functionality for authentication in third-party
+		applications.  Instead use <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ntlm_auth</refentrytitle>
+	<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></note></listitem>
 		</varlistentry>
 
 		<varlistentry>
@@ -303,7 +306,8 @@
 <refsect1>
 	<title>SEE ALSO</title>
 	<para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
-	<manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></para>
+	<manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> and <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ntlm_auth</refentrytitle>
+	<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></para>
 </refsect1>
 
 <refsect1>



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