1 <samba:parameter name="idmap alloc backend"
4 advanced="1" developer="1" hide="1"
5 xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
8 The idmap alloc backend provides a plugin interface for Winbind to use
9 when allocating Unix uids/gids for Windows SIDs. This option refers
10 to the name of the idmap module which will provide the id allocation
11 functionality. Please refer to the man page for each idmap plugin to
12 determine whether or not the module implements the allocation feature.
13 The most common plugins are the tdb (<citerefentry>
14 <refentrytitle>idmap_tdb</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>)
15 and ldap (<citerefentry><refentrytitle>idmap_ldap</refentrytitle>
16 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>) libraries.
20 This parameter defaults to the value <smbconfoption name="idmap
21 backend"/> was set to, so by default winbind will allocate Unix IDs
22 from the default backend. You will only need to set this parameter
23 explicitly if you have an external source for Unix IDs, like a central
24 database service somewhere in your company.
28 Also refer to the <smbconfoption name="idmap alloc config"/> option.
32 <value type="example">tdb</value>