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1 <samba:parameter name="winbind enum users"
2                  context="G"
3                  advanced="1" developer="1"
4                  xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
5 <description>
6         <para>On large installations using <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
7         <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> it may be
8         necessary to suppress the enumeration of users through the <command moreinfo="none">setpwent()</command>,
9          <command moreinfo="none">getpwent()</command> and
10          <command moreinfo="none">endpwent()</command> group of system calls.  If
11         the <parameter moreinfo="none">winbind enum users</parameter> parameter is
12          <constant>no</constant>, calls to the <command moreinfo="none">getpwent</command> system call
13         will not return any data. </para>
15 <warning><para>Turning off user
16         enumeration may cause some programs to behave oddly.  For
17         example, the finger program relies on having access to the
18         full user list when searching for matching
19         usernames. </para></warning>
20 </description>
22 <value type="default">no</value>
23 </samba:parameter>