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Added more info about backends.

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John Terpstra 0001-01-01 00:00:00 +00:00
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@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ as follows:
provide the extended controls that are needed for more comprehensive
interoperation with MS Windows NT4 / 200x servers.
</para>
<para>
This backend should be used only for backwards compatibility with older
versions of Samba. It may be deprecated in future releases.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -82,7 +87,8 @@ as follows:
There is a password backend option that allows continued operation with
a existing OpenLDAP backend that uses the Samba-2.2.x LDAP schema extension.
This option is provided primarily as a migration tool, although there is
no reason to force migration at this time.
no reason to force migration at this time. Note that this tool will eventually
be deprecated.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -94,8 +100,22 @@ Samba-3 introduces the following new password backend capabilities:
<variablelist>
<title>New Backends</title>
<varlistentry><term>guest:</term>
<listitem>
<para>
This is <emphasis>always</emphasis> required as the last backend specified.
It provides the ability to handle guest account requirements for access to
resources like <parameter>IPC$</paramter> which is used for browsing.
</para>
<listitem>
<varlistentry><term>tdbsam:</term>
<listitem>
<para>
This backend provides a rich database backend for local servers. This
backend is NOT suitable for multiple domain controller (ie: PDC + one
or more BDC) installations.
</para>
<para>
The <emphasis>tdbsam</emphasis> password backend stores the old <emphasis>
smbpasswd</emphasis> information PLUS the extended MS Windows NT / 200x
@ -117,6 +137,10 @@ Samba-3 introduces the following new password backend capabilities:
<varlistentry><term>ldapsam:</term>
<listitem>
<para>
This provides a rich directory backend for distributed account installation
</para>
<para>
Samba-3 has a new and extended LDAP implementation that requires configuration
of OpenLDAP with a new format samba schema. The new format schema file is