From 820a1bde7230bd0a125e4b900fbf733352722a39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Samba Release Account Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 18:17:21 +0000 Subject: added auto.home parameters - contributed by simeon@bangor.ac.uk. lkcl --- docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 b/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 index 753edca79fc..897ae2aeb37 100644 --- a/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 +++ b/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 @@ -341,6 +341,8 @@ encrypt passwords getwd cache +homedir map + hosts equiv include @@ -373,6 +375,8 @@ max xmit message command +nis homedir + null passwords os level @@ -429,6 +433,8 @@ strip dot time offset +unix realname + username map use rhosts @@ -719,6 +725,8 @@ shares in a net view and in the browse list. .B Example: browseable = No +.SS case sensitive (G) +See the discussion on NAME MANGLING. .SS case sig names (G) See "case sensitive" @@ -1068,6 +1076,29 @@ a dot appear as hidden files. .B Example: hide dot files = no +.SS homedir map (G) +If "nis homedir" is true, this parameter specifies the NIS (or YP) map +from which the server for the user's home directory should be extracted. +At present, only the Sun auto.home map format is understood. The form of +the map is: + +username server:/some/file/system + +and the program will extract the servername from before the first ':'. +There should probably be a better parsing system that copes with different +map formats and also Amd (another automounter) maps. + +NB: The -DNETGROUP option is required in the Makefile for option to work +and on some architectures the line -lrpcsvc needs to be added to the +LIBSM variable. This is required for Solaris 2, FreeBSD and HPUX. + +See also "nis homedir" + +.B Default: + homedir map = auto.home + +.B Example: + homedir map = amd.homedir .SS hosts allow (S) See .B allow hosts. @@ -1768,6 +1799,26 @@ kilobytes. The default is 0, which means no limit. .B Example: min print space = 2000 +.SS nis homedir (G) +Get the home share server from a NIS (or YP) map. For unix systems that +use an automounter, the user's home directory will often be mounted on +a workstation on demand from a remote server. When the Samba logon server +is not the actual home directory server, two network hops are required +to access the home directory and this can be very slow especially with +writing via Samba to an NFS mounted directory. This option allows samba +to return the home share as being on a different server to the logon +server and as long as a samba daemon is running on the home directory +server, it will be mounted on the Samba client directly from the directory +server. When Samba is returning the home share to the client, it will +consult the NIS (or YP) map specified in "homedir map" and return the +server listed there. + +.B Default: + nis homedir = false + +.B Example: + nis homedir = true + .SS null passwords (G) Allow or disallow access to accounts that have null passwords. @@ -2629,6 +2680,17 @@ that have incorrect daylight saving time handling. .B Example: time offset = 60 +.SS unix realname (G) +This boolean parameter when set causes samba to supply the real name field +from the unix password file to the client. This is useful for setting up +mail clients and WWW browsers on systems used by more than one person. + +.B Default: + unix realname = no + +.B Example: + unix realname = yes + .SS user (S) See .B username. -- cgit