From fa2c2701e1299696b0e327da356c449cc2e9487c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Craig <mark.craig@forgerock.com> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:08:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fix for OPENDJ-526: Provide more context on why someone might use Samba password synchronization --- opendj3/src/main/docbkx/admin-guide/chap-samba.xml | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/opendj3/src/main/docbkx/admin-guide/chap-samba.xml b/opendj3/src/main/docbkx/admin-guide/chap-samba.xml index 1fa59ab..2683873 100644 --- a/opendj3/src/main/docbkx/admin-guide/chap-samba.xml +++ b/opendj3/src/main/docbkx/admin-guide/chap-samba.xml @@ -32,7 +32,20 @@ <title>Samba Password Synchronization</title> <indexterm><primary>Samba</primary></indexterm> - <para>When you store Samba profiles in OpenDJ, Samba stores its own attributes + <para><link xlink:href="http://www.samba.org/" xlink:show="new">Samba</link>, + the Windows interoperability suite for Linux and Unix, stores accounts because + Unix and Windows password storage management is not interoperable. The default + account storage mechanism is designed to work well with relatively small + numbers of accounts and configurations with one domain controller. For larger + installations, you can configure Samba to use OpenDJ for storing Samba + accounts. See the Samba documentation for your platform for instructions on + how to configure an LDAP directory server such as OpenDJ as a Samba passdb + backend.</para> + + <para>The rest of this chapter focuses on how you keep passwords in sync when + using OpenDJ for Samba account storage.</para> + + <para>When you store Samba accounts in OpenDJ, Samba stores its own attributes as defined in the Samba schema. Samba does not use the LDAP standard <literal>userPassword</literal> attribute to store users' Samba passwords. You can configure Samba to apply changes to Samba passwords to LDAP passwords -- Gitblit v1.10.0