"range" option missing from idmap_autorid man page ?

Michael Adam obnox at samba.org
Fri Dec 4 06:50:55 UTC 2015


reviewed-by: me

On 2015-12-03 at 15:49 -0700, Christof Schmitt wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 04, 2015 at 12:16:30AM +0530, Varun Mittal3 wrote:
> > 
> > Hi
> > 
> > Just noticed that in the 'idmap_autorid' man page, [Idmap Options] section
> > misses any description for "range" configuration parameter.
> > 
> > The examples however have that.
> 
> Hi Varun,
> 
> see the attached patch.
> 
> Christof

> From b5be11baac961612efdb8dfbd34aeb97b5f06ad4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Christof Schmitt <cs at samba.org>
> Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 15:47:24 -0700
> Subject: [PATCH] docs-xml: Document range parameter for idmap_autorid
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christof Schmitt <cs at samba.org>
> ---
>  docs-xml/manpages/idmap_autorid.8.xml |   15 +++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages/idmap_autorid.8.xml b/docs-xml/manpages/idmap_autorid.8.xml
> index be80dcb..f20769e 100644
> --- a/docs-xml/manpages/idmap_autorid.8.xml
> +++ b/docs-xml/manpages/idmap_autorid.8.xml
> @@ -38,6 +38,21 @@
>  
>  	<variablelist>
>  		<varlistentry>
> +		<term>range = low - high</term>
> +		<listitem><para>
> +			Defines the available matching uid and gid
> +			range for which the backend is
> +			authoritative. Note that the range acts as a
> +			filter.  If algorithmically determined UID or
> +			GID fall outside the range, they are ignored
> +			and the corresponding map is discarded.  It is
> +			intended as a way to avoid accidental UID/GID
> +			overlaps between local and remotely defined
> +			IDs.
> +		</para></listitem>
> +		</varlistentry>
> +
> +		<varlistentry>
>  		<term>rangesize = numberofidsperdomain</term>
>  		<listitem><para>
>  			Defines the number of uids/gids available per
> -- 
> 1.7.1
> 

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