From 5b0320ace11ac8e506f1e7e047bb010809f460be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Volker Lendecke Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 13:01:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify smb.conf entry --- docs/smbdotconf/winbind/idmapbackend.xml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/smbdotconf/winbind/idmapbackend.xml b/docs/smbdotconf/winbind/idmapbackend.xml index 711f20f39d4..75c61fbec0d 100644 --- a/docs/smbdotconf/winbind/idmapbackend.xml +++ b/docs/smbdotconf/winbind/idmapbackend.xml @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ 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).