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authorJakub Hrozek <jhrozek@redhat.com>2014-03-05 12:13:48 +0100
committerJakub Hrozek <jhrozek@redhat.com>2014-03-11 18:46:31 +0100
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MAN: Clarify the GC support a bit
It should be noted that disabling GC does *not* disable lookups from trusted domains. Disabling GC might be a a good way for admins who wish to use POSIX attributes in trusted domains and the man page should hint this option. Reviewed-by: Pavel Březina <pbrezina@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/src/man/sssd-ad.5.xml b/src/man/sssd-ad.5.xml
index 9b39e081c..1e38c13a9 100644
--- a/src/man/sssd-ad.5.xml
+++ b/src/man/sssd-ad.5.xml
@@ -232,11 +232,19 @@ FOREST:EXAMPLE.COM:(memberOf=cn=admins,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com)
<listitem>
<para>
By default, the SSSD connects to the Global
- Catalog first to retrieve users and uses the
- LDAP port to retrieve group memberships or
- as a fallback. Disabling this option makes
- the SSSD only connect to the LDAP port of the
- current AD server.
+ Catalog first to retrieve users from trusted
+ domains and uses the LDAP port to retrieve
+ group memberships or as a fallback. Disabling
+ this option makes the SSSD only connect to
+ the LDAP port of the current AD server.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Please note that disabling Global Catalog support
+ does not disable retrieving users from trusted
+ domains. The SSSD would connect to the LDAP port
+ of trusted domains instead. However, Global
+ Catalog must be used in order to resolve
+ cross-domain group memberships.
</para>
<para>
Default: true