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  • Committer: Bazaar Package Importer
  • Author(s): Chuck Short
  • Date: 2008-06-02 09:01:46 UTC
  • mfrom: (0.25.3 upstream)
  • Revision ID: james.westby@ubuntu.com-20080602090146-92ur4nx39ccg708r
Tags: 2:3.0.30-2ubuntu1
https://launchpad.net/bugs/32067
https://launchpad.net/bugs/201059
https://launchpad.net/bugs/206036
* Merge from debian unstable, remaining changes:
  * debian/patches/VERSION.patch
    - set SAMABA_VERSION_VENDOR_SUFFIX to Ubuntu
  * debian/smb.conf
    - add "(Samba, Ubuntu)" to server string.
    - comment out the default [homes] shares, and a comment about
      "value users = %S to show users how to restrict access to 
      \\server\useranem to only username.
    - Add map to guest = Bad user, maps bad username to guest access.
      (LP: #32067)
  * debian/samba-common.postinst:
    - Fix upgrade from a first installation done with feisty, edgy, or dapper.
      (LP: #201059)
    - When populating the new sambashare group, it's not an error if the user
      simply doesn't exist; test for this case and the install continue 
      instead of aborting. (LP: #206036)
  * debian/smba-common.config:
    - do not change priority to HIGH if dhclient3 is installed
    - used priority medium instead of hight for the workgroup question
  * debian/winbind.files
    - insclude additional files
  * debian/patches/fix-documentation.patch:
    - fix typos in net(8) and smb.conf(5) man pages
  * debian/mksambapasswd.awk:
    - Don't add user with UID less than 1000 to smbpasswd.
  * debian/samba.init:
    - add 'status' option for LSB conformance.
  * Updated control version.
  * Dropped Changes:
    - Dropped debian/patches/fix-smbprinting-os2.patch. Accepted upstream.
    - Dropped debian/patches/fix-documentation.patch. Accepted upstream.
     

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docs-xml/smbdotconf/winbind/winbindenumusers.xml
 
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<samba:parameter name="winbind enum users"
 
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                 context="G"
 
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                 advanced="1" developer="1"
 
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                 xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
 
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<description>
 
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        <para>On large installations using <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
 
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        <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> it may be
 
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        necessary to suppress the enumeration of users through the <command moreinfo="none">setpwent()</command>,
 
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         <command moreinfo="none">getpwent()</command> and
 
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         <command moreinfo="none">endpwent()</command> group of system calls.  If
 
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        the <parameter moreinfo="none">winbind enum users</parameter> parameter is
 
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         <constant>no</constant>, calls to the <command moreinfo="none">getpwent</command> system call
 
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        will not return any data. </para>
 
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<warning><para>Turning off user
 
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        enumeration may cause some programs to behave oddly.  For
 
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        example, the finger program relies on having access to the
 
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        full user list when searching for matching
 
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        usernames. </para></warning>
 
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</description>
 
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<value type="default">no</value>
 
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</samba:parameter>