Update ntlm_auth and winbind manpages.
authorAndrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org>
Wed, 2 Apr 2003 13:54:06 +0000 (13:54 +0000)
committerAndrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org>
Wed, 2 Apr 2003 13:54:06 +0000 (13:54 +0000)
Andrew Bartlett
(This used to be commit 441d6952bdaff94e387a11f5f524359f3bbbeefb)

docs/docbook/manpages/ntlm_auth.1.sgml
docs/docbook/manpages/winbindd.8.sgml

index 52ab1db9e4fcd25bbc606d5ff0a45bedc8b37cc6..08a7d4aa88a18d51f83e4bd154adc5e5471aeb4b 100644 (file)
 
 <refnamediv>
        <refname>ntlm_auth</refname>
-       <refpurpose>tool for executing client side 
-       MS-RPC functions</refpurpose>
+       <refpurpose>tool to allow external access to Winbind's NTLM authentication function</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 
 <refsynopsisdiv>
        <cmdsynopsis>
                <command>ntlm_auth</command>
-               <arg choice="opt">-A authfile</arg>
-               <arg choice="opt">-c &lt;command string&gt;</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-d debuglevel</arg>
-               <arg choice="opt">-h</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-l logfile</arg>
-               <arg choice="opt">-N</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-s &lt;smb config file&gt;</arg>
-               <arg choice="opt">-U username[%password]</arg>
-               <arg choice="opt">-W workgroup</arg>
-               <arg choice="opt">-N</arg>
-               <arg choice="opt">-I destinationIP</arg>
-               <arg choice="req">server</arg>
        </cmdsynopsis>
 </refsynopsisdiv>
 
@@ -75,7 +65,7 @@
        <varlistentry>
        <term>--workstation=WORKSTATION</term>
        <listitem><para>
-       Specify workstation of user to authenticate
+       Specify the workstation the user authenticated from
        </para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
 
index 0beddf0ea5e6056b56b6f8770bb45564469458ff..e0489c43c483615fe971e3c1666ddc64bb160820 100644 (file)
@@ -316,12 +316,6 @@ auth       required     /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so use_first_pass shadow nullok
        winbindd</command> to become aware of new trust relationships between 
        servers, it must be sent a SIGHUP signal. </para>
 
-       <para>Client processes resolving names through the <command>winbindd</command>
-       nsswitch module read an environment variable named <envar>
-       $WINBINDD_DOMAIN</envar>.  If this variable contains a comma separated
-       list of Windows NT domain names, then winbindd will only resolve users
-       and groups within those Windows NT domains. </para>
-
        <para>PAM is really easy to misconfigure.  Make sure you know what 
        you are doing when modifying PAM configuration files.  It is possible 
        to set up PAM such that you can no longer log into your system. </para>
@@ -386,6 +380,21 @@ auth       required     /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so use_first_pass shadow nullok
                root. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>
 
+               <varlistentry>
+               <term>$LOCKDIR/winbindd_privilaged/pipe</term>
+               <listitem><para>The UNIX pipe over which 'privilaged' clients 
+                communicate with the <command>winbindd</command> program.  For security 
+                reasons, access to some winbindd functions - like those needed by 
+                the <command>ntlm_auth</command> utility - is restricted.  By default,
+                only users in the 'root' group will get this access, however the administrator
+                may change the group permissions on $LOCKDIR/winbindd_privilaged to allow
+                programs like 'squid' to use ntlm_auth.
+               Note that the winbind client will only attempt to connect to the winbindd daemon 
+               if both the <filename>$LOCKDIR/winbindd_privilaged</filename> directory
+               and <filename>$LOCKDIR/winbindd_privilaged/pipe</filename> file are owned by 
+               root. </para></listitem>
+               </varlistentry>
+
                <varlistentry>
                <term>/lib/libnss_winbind.so.X</term>
                <listitem><para>Implementation of name service switch library.