svn commit: samba-docs r639 - in trunk/smbdotconf/security: .

jerry at samba.org jerry at samba.org
Tue Jun 14 14:33:47 GMT 2005


Author: jerry
Date: 2005-06-14 14:33:47 +0000 (Tue, 14 Jun 2005)
New Revision: 639

WebSVN: http://websvn.samba.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi?view=rev&root=samba-docs&rev=639

Log:
clarifying 'map to guest = bad uid'
Modified:
   trunk/smbdotconf/security/maptoguest.xml


Changeset:
Modified: trunk/smbdotconf/security/maptoguest.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/smbdotconf/security/maptoguest.xml	2005-06-14 05:24:07 UTC (rev 638)
+++ trunk/smbdotconf/security/maptoguest.xml	2005-06-14 14:33:47 UTC (rev 639)
@@ -46,9 +46,12 @@
 	<listitem>
 	    <para><constant>Bad Uid</constant> - Is only applicable when Samba is configured
 	    in some type of domain mode security (security = {domain|ads}) and means that
-	    user logins which are successfully authenticated but which have no valid 
+	    user logins which are successfully authenticated but which have no valid Unix
 	    user account (and smbd is unable to create one) should be mapped to the defined
-	    guest account.  This was the default behavior of Samba 2.x releases.</para>
+	    guest account. This was the default behavior of Samba 2.x releases.  Note that 
+	    if a member server is running winbindd,  this option should never be required
+	    because the nss_winbind library will export the Windows domain users and groups
+	    to the underlying OS via the Name Service Switch interface.</para>
 	</listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
 



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