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1<samba:parameter name="ldap ssl"
2 context="G"
3 type="enum"
4 advanced="1" developer="1"
5 xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
6<description>
7 <para>This option is used to define whether or not Samba should
8 use SSL when connecting to the ldap server
9 This is <emphasis>NOT</emphasis> related to
10 Samba's previous SSL support which was enabled by specifying the
11 <command moreinfo="none">--with-ssl</command> option to the
12 <filename moreinfo="none">configure</filename>
13 script.</para>
14
15 <para>LDAP connections should be secured where possible. This may be
16 done setting <emphasis>either</emphasis> this parameter to
17 <parameter moreinfo="none">Start_tls</parameter>
18 <emphasis>or</emphasis> by specifying <parameter moreinfo="none">ldaps://</parameter> in
19 the URL argument of <smbconfoption name="passdb backend"/>.</para>
20
21 <para>The <smbconfoption name="ldap ssl"/> can be set to one of
22 two values:</para>
23 <itemizedlist>
24 <listitem>
25 <para><parameter moreinfo="none">Off</parameter> = Never
26 use SSL when querying the directory.</para>
27 </listitem>
28
29 <listitem>
30 <para><parameter moreinfo="none">start tls</parameter> = Use
31 the LDAPv3 StartTLS extended operation (RFC2830) for
32 communicating with the directory server.</para>
33 </listitem>
34 </itemizedlist>
35 <para>
36 Please note that this parameter does only affect <emphasis>rpc</emphasis>
37 methods. To enable the LDAPv3 StartTLS extended operation (RFC2830) for
38 <emphasis>ads</emphasis>, set
39 <smbconfoption name="ldap ssl">yes</smbconfoption>
40 <emphasis>and</emphasis>
41 <smbconfoption name="ldap ssl ads">yes</smbconfoption>.
42 See <refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
43 for more information on <smbconfoption name="ldap ssl ads"/>.
44 </para>
45
46</description>
47<value type="default">start tls</value>
48</samba:parameter>
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