1 <samba:parameter name="winbind normalize names"
4 xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
6 <para>This parameter controls whether winbindd will replace
7 whitespace in user and group names with an underscore (_) character.
8 For example, whether the name "Space Kadet" should be
9 replaced with the string "space_kadet".
10 Frequently Unix shell scripts will have difficulty with usernames
11 contains whitespace due to the default field separator in the shell.
12 If your domain possesses names containing the underscore character,
13 this option may cause problems unless the name aliasing feature
14 is supported by your nss_info plugin.
17 <para>This feature also enables the name aliasing API which can
18 be used to make domain user and group names to a non-qualified
19 version. Please refer to the manpage for the configured
20 idmap and nss_info plugin for the specifics on how to configure
21 name aliasing for a specific configuration. Name aliasing takes
22 precedence (and is mutually exclusive) over the whitespace
23 replacement mechanism discussed previously.
28 <value type="default">no</value>
29 <value type="example">yes</value>