[PATCH] Update the idmap_rid manpage

Jeremy Allison jra at samba.org
Mon Apr 17 22:07:35 UTC 2017


On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 01:20:56PM +0200, Andreas Schneider via samba-technical wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> the attached patch updates the idmap_rid manpage.
> 
> Please review and push if OK.

LGTM ! Pushed.

> Andreas Schneider                   GPG-ID: CC014E3D
> Samba Team                             asn at samba.org
> www.samba.org

> From f78877f8e1c743d59645414a5c48360773ab7c5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Andreas Schneider <asn at samba.org>
> Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 13:17:16 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] docs: Update idmap_rid manpage
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Schneider <asn at samba.org>
> ---
>  docs-xml/manpages/idmap_rid.8.xml | 12 ++++--------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages/idmap_rid.8.xml b/docs-xml/manpages/idmap_rid.8.xml
> index b00d01e94ea..19d89ef97d8 100644
> --- a/docs-xml/manpages/idmap_rid.8.xml
> +++ b/docs-xml/manpages/idmap_rid.8.xml
> @@ -23,22 +23,18 @@
>  	in this case as the mapping is deterministic.</para>
>  
>  	<para>
> -	Note that the idmap_rid module has changed considerably since Samba
> -	versions 3.0. and 3.2.
>  	Currently, there should to be an explicit idmap configuration for each
>  	domain that should use the idmap_rid backend, using disjoint ranges.
> +	</para>
> +
> +	<para>
> +	NOTE: The idmap_rid backend can NOT bet used as the default backend.
>  	One usually needs to define a writeable default idmap range, using
>  	a backend like <parameter>tdb</parameter> or <parameter>ldap</parameter>
>  	that can create unix ids, in order to be able to map the BUILTIN sids
>  	and other domains, and also in order to be able to create group mappings.
>  	See the example below.
>  	</para>
> -
> -	<para>
> -	Note that the old syntax
> -	<parameter>idmap backend = rid:"DOM1=range DOM2=range2 ..."</parameter>
> -	is not supported any more since Samba version 3.0.25.
> -	</para>
>  </refsynopsisdiv>
>  
>  <refsect1>
> -- 
> 2.12.2
> 




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