Author: vlendec Date: 2006-04-30 13:01:08 +0000 (Sun, 30 Apr 2006) New Revision: 943
WebSVN: http://websvn.samba.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi?view=rev&root=samba-docs&rev=943 Log: Clarify smb.conf entry Modified: trunk/smbdotconf/winbind/idmapbackend.xml Changeset: Modified: trunk/smbdotconf/winbind/idmapbackend.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/smbdotconf/winbind/idmapbackend.xml 2006-04-29 12:21:22 UTC (rev 942) +++ trunk/smbdotconf/winbind/idmapbackend.xml 2006-04-30 13:01:08 UTC (rev 943) @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ <description> <para> The purpose of the idmap backend parameter is to allow idmap to NOT use the local idmap - tdb file to obtain SID to UID / GID mappings, but instead to obtain them from a common + tdb file to obtain SID to UID / GID mappings for unmapped SIDs, but instead to obtain them from a common LDAP backend. This way all domain members and controllers will have the same UID and GID to SID mappings. This avoids the risk of UID / GID inconsistencies across UNIX / Linux systems that are sharing information over protocols other than SMB/CIFS (ie: NFS).
