Changeset 141 for trunk/samba/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5

Timestamp:

Aug 7, 2008, 11:49:04 AM (17 years ago)

Author:

Paul Smedley

Message:

Update trunk to 3.2.1

File:

• trunk/samba/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 (modified) (10 diffs)

trunk/samba/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5

@@ -2 +2 @@
 .\"    Author: 
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-.\"      Date: 06/26/2008
+.\"      Date: 08/01/2008
 .\"    Manual: File Formats and Conventions
 .\"    Source: Samba 3.2
 .\"
-.TH "SMB\.CONF" "5" "06/26/2008" "Samba 3\.2" "File Formats and Conventions"
+.TH "SMB\.CONF" "5" "08/01/2008" "Samba 3\.2" "File Formats and Conventions"
 .\" disable hyphenation
 .nh
@@ -702 +702 @@
 set on them, which causes new files and directories created within it to inherit the group ownership from the containing directory\.
 .sp
-This is parameter has been marked deprecated in Samba 3\.0\.23\. The same behavior is now implemented by the
+This is parameter has been was deprecated in Samba 3\.0\.23, but re\-activated in Samba 3\.0\.31 and above, as it now only controls permission changes if the user is in the owning primary group\. It is now no longer equivalent to the
 \fIdos filemode\fR
 option\.
@@ -2564 +2564 @@
 .PP
 .RS 4
-The default behavior in Samba is to provide UNIX\-like behavior where only the owner of a file/directory is able to change the permissions on it\. However, this behavior is often confusing to DOS/Windows users\. Enabling this parameter allows a user who has write access to the file (by whatever means) to modify the permissions (including ACL) on it\. Note that a user belonging to the group owning the file will not be allowed to change permissions if the group is only granted read access\. Ownership of the file/directory may also be changed\.
+The default behavior in Samba is to provide UNIX\-like behavior where only the owner of a file/directory is able to change the permissions on it\. However, this behavior is often confusing to DOS/Windows users\. Enabling this parameter allows a user who has write access to the file (by whatever means, including an ACL permission) to modify the permissions (including ACL) on it\. Note that a user belonging to the group owning the file will not be allowed to change permissions if the group is only granted read access\. Ownership of the file/directory may also be changed\.
 .sp
 Default:
@@ -3474 +3474 @@
 The idmap backend provides a plugin interface for Winbind to use varying backends to store SID/uid/gid mapping tables\. This option is mutually exclusive with the newer and more flexible
 \fIidmap domains\fR
-parameter\. The main difference between the "idmap backend" and the "idmap domains" is that the former only allows on backend for all domains while the latter supports configuring backends on a per domain basis\.
+parameter\. The main difference between the "idmap backend" and the "idmap domains" is that the former only allows one backend for all domains while the latter supports configuring backends on a per domain basis\.
 .sp
 Examples of SID/uid/gid backends include tdb (\fBidmap_tdb\fR(8)), ldap (\fBidmap_ldap\fR(8)), rid (\fBidmap_rid\fR(8)), and ad (\fBidmap_tdb\fR(8))\.
@@ -3496 +3496 @@
 The idmap config prefix provides a means of managing each domain defined by the
 \fIidmap domains\fR
-option using Samba\'s parameteric option support\. The idmap config prefix should be followed by the name of the domain, a colon, and a setting specific to the chosen backend\. There are three options available for all domains:
+option using Samba\'s parametric option support\. The idmap config prefix should be followed by the name of the domain, a colon, and a setting specific to the chosen backend\. There are three options available for all domains:
 .PP
 backend = backend_name
@@ -3518 +3518 @@
 for the CORP domain and the
 \fBidmap_tdb\fR(8)
-backend for all other domains\. The TRUSTEDDOMAINS string is simply a key used to reference the "idmap config" settings and does not represent the actual name of a domain\.
+backend for all other domains\. The TRUSTEDDOMAINS string is simply an arbitrary key used to reference the "idmap config" settings and does not represent the actual name of a domain\. It is a catchall domain backend for any domain not explicitly listed\.
 .sp
 .RS 4
@@ -6541 +6541 @@
 .RE
 Default:
-\fI\fIpassword server\fR\fR\fI = \fR\fI\fR\fI \fR
+\fI\fIpassword server\fR\fR\fI = \fR\fI*\fR\fI \fR
 .sp
 Example:
@@ -6548 +6548 @@
 Example:
 \fI\fIpassword server\fR\fR\fI = \fR\fIwindc\.mydomain\.com:389 192\.168\.1\.101 *\fR\fI \fR
-.sp
-Example:
-\fI\fIpassword server\fR\fR\fI = \fR\fI*\fR\fI \fR
 .RE
 
@@ -6784 +6781 @@
 .RE
 
-printcap name (S)
+printcap name (G)
 .PP
 .RS 4
@@ -8502 +8499 @@
 \fByes\fR
 the program specified in the
-\fIpasswd program\fRparameter is called
+\fIpasswd program\fR
+parameter is called
 \fIAS ROOT\fR
 \- to allow the new UNIX password to be set without access to the old UNIX password (as the SMB password change code has no access to the old password cleartext, only the new)\.