svn commit: samba-docs r974 - in trunk/smbdotconf/security: .

jerry at samba.org jerry at samba.org
Thu Jul 6 19:08:36 GMT 2006


Author: jerry
Date: 2006-07-06 19:08:36 +0000 (Thu, 06 Jul 2006)
New Revision: 974

WebSVN: http://websvn.samba.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi?view=rev&root=samba-docs&rev=974

Log:
fix passdb backend description for 3.0.23 behavior
Modified:
   trunk/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml


Changeset:
Modified: trunk/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml	2006-07-04 18:47:10 UTC (rev 973)
+++ trunk/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml	2006-07-06 19:08:36 UTC (rev 974)
@@ -1,18 +1,15 @@
 <samba:parameter name="passdb backend"
                  context="G"
-				 type="list"
+		 type="list"
                  advanced="1" developer="1"
 		 xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
 <description>
 
-    <para>This option allows the administrator to chose which backends
-    to retrieve and store passwords with. This allows (for example) both 
-    smbpasswd and tdbsam to be used without a recompile. Multiple
-    backends can be specified, separated by spaces. The backends will be
-    searched in the order they are specified. New users are always added
-	to the first backend specified. </para>
+    <para>This option allows the administrator to chose which backend
+    will be used for storing user and possibly group information.  This allows 
+    you to swap between dfferent storage mechanisms without recompile. </para>
 
-    <para>This parameter is in two parts, the backend's name, and a 'location'
+    <para>The parameter value is divided into two parts, the backend's name, and a 'location'
     string that has meaning only to that particular backed.  These are separated
     by a : character.</para>
 
@@ -46,41 +43,16 @@
 		</para>
 
 	    </listitem>
-			
-	    <listitem>
-		<para><command moreinfo="none">nisplussam</command> -
-		The NIS+ based passdb backend. Takes name NIS domain as
-		an optional argument. Only works with sun NIS+ servers.
-		</para>
-	    </listitem>
-
-		<listitem>
-		<para><command moreinfo="none">mysql</command> - 
-		The MySQL based passdb backend. Takes an identifier as 
-		argument. Read the Samba HOWTO Collection for configuration
-		details.
-		</para></listitem>
-
 	</itemizedlist>
 
     </para>
 	Examples of use are:
 <programlisting>
-passdb backend = tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb \
-    smbpasswd:/etc/samba/smbpasswd
+passdb backend = tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb 
 
 or
 
-passdb backend = ldapsam:ldaps://ldap.example.com
-
-or
-
-passdb backend = ldapsam:"ldap://ldap-1.example.com \
-    ldap://ldap-2.example.com"
-
-or
-
-passdb backend = mysql:my_plugin_args tdbsam
+passdb backend = ldapsam:"ldap://ldap-1.example.com ldap://ldap-2.example.com"
 </programlisting>
 </description>
 



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