<indexterm><primary>smbpasswd plaintext database</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>tdbsam</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>ldapsam</primary></indexterm>
-<indexterm><primary>xmlsam</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>enterprise</primary></indexterm>
Samba provides an enhanced set of passdb backends that overcome the deficiencies
- of the smbpasswd plaintext database. These are tdbsam, ldapsam, and xmlsam.
+ of the smbpasswd plaintext database. These are tdbsam and ldapsam.
Of these, ldapsam will be of most interest to large corporate or enterprise sites.
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