[PATCH] Doc fixes for idmap_script
Jeremy Allison
jra at samba.org
Thu Mar 31 18:29:25 UTC 2016
On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 08:12:46PM +0200, Volker Lendecke wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Review appreciated!
LGTM. Pushed !
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> From 6f524e126d397a8d1b18d76c4ae97ad65ef8b552 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Volker Lendecke <vl at samba.org>
> Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 16:57:58 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH 1/2] docs: build idmap_script.8 by default
>
> Signed-off-by: Volker Lendecke <vl at samba.org>
> ---
> docs-xml/wscript_build | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/docs-xml/wscript_build b/docs-xml/wscript_build
> index 11b826b..2b3a180 100644
> --- a/docs-xml/wscript_build
> +++ b/docs-xml/wscript_build
> @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ manpages='''
> manpages/idmap_nss.8
> manpages/idmap_rfc2307.8
> manpages/idmap_rid.8
> + manpages/idmap_script.8
> manpages/idmap_tdb.8
> manpages/idmap_tdb2.8
> manpages/net.8
> --
> 1.7.9.5
>
>
> From 05db10444f4cd6bc776239c064ddfc15d498b8dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Volker Lendecke <vl at samba.org>
> Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 17:10:39 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH 2/2] docs: Mention _NO_WINBINDD in idmap_script.8
>
> Thanks to Joachim Achtzehnter <joachima at netacquire.com> for pointing out this
> flaw!
>
> Signed-off-by: Volker Lendecke <vl at samba.org>
> ---
> docs-xml/manpages/idmap_script.8.xml | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages/idmap_script.8.xml b/docs-xml/manpages/idmap_script.8.xml
> index a378e7b..328a16b 100644
> --- a/docs-xml/manpages/idmap_script.8.xml
> +++ b/docs-xml/manpages/idmap_script.8.xml
> @@ -148,6 +148,24 @@
> look up the mapping in a table or use some other mechanism for
> mapping SIDs to UIDs and etc.
> </para>
> +
> + <para>
> + Please be aware that the script is called with the
> + _NO_WINBINDD environment variable set to 1. This prevents
> + recursive calls into winbind from the script both via
> + explicit calls to wbinfo and via implicit calls via
> + nss_winbind. For example a call to <command>ls -l</command>
> + could trigger such an infinite recursion.
> + </para>
> +
> + <para>
> + It is safe to call <command>wbinfo -n</command> and
> + <command>wbinfo -s</command> from within an idmap script. To
> + do so, the script must unset the _NO_WINBINDD environment
> + variable right before the call to <command>wbinfo</command>
> + and set it to 1 again right after <command>wbinfo</command>
> + has returned to protect against the recursion.
> + </para>
> </refsect1>
>
> <refsect1>
> --
> 1.7.9.5
>
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