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  • Committer: Chuck Short
  • Date: 2010-09-28 20:38:39 UTC
  • Revision ID: zulcss@ubuntu.com-20100928203839-pgjulytsi9ue63x1
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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>