29.3 Configuration Parameter Changes

This section contains a brief listing of changes to smb.conf options in the 3.0.0 release. Please refer to the smb.conf(5) man page for complete descriptions of new or modified parameters.

29.3.1 Removed Parameters

(Ordered Alphabetically):

• admin log

• alternate permissions

• character set

• client codepage

• code page directory

• coding system

• domain admin group

• domain guest group

• force unknown acl user

• nt smb support

• post script

• printer driver

• printer driver file

• printer driver location

• status

• stip dot

• total print jobs

• use rhosts

• valid chars

• vfs options

29.3.2 New Parameters

(New parameters have been grouped by function):

Remote Management

• abort shutdown script

• shutdown script

User and Group Account Management:

• add group script

• add machine script

• add user to group script

• algorithmic rid base

• delete group script

• delete user from group script

• passdb backend

• set primary group script

Authentication:

• auth methods

• realm

Protocol Options:

• client lanman auth

• client NTLMv2 auth

• client schannel

• client signing

• client use spnego

• disable netbios

• ntlm auth

• paranoid server security

• server schannel

• server signing

• smb ports

• use spnego

File Service:

• get quota command

• hide special files

• hide unwriteable files

• hostname lookups

• kernel change notify

• mangle prefix

• map acl inherit

• msdfs proxy

• set quota command

• use sendfile

• vfs objects

Printing:

• max reported print jobs

Unicode and Character Sets:

• display charset

• dos charset

• unicode

• UNIX charset

SID to UID/GID Mappings:

• idmap backend

• idmap gid

• idmap uid

• winbind enable local accounts

• winbind trusted domains only

• template primary group

• enable rid algorithm

LDAP:

• ldap delete dn

• ldap group suffix

• ldap idmap suffix

• ldap machine suffix

• ldap passwd sync

• ldap user suffix

General Configuration:

• preload modules

• privatedir

29.3.3 Modified Parameters (Changes in Behavior):

• encrypt passwords (enabled by default)

• mangling method (set to hash2 by default)

• passwd chat

• passwd program

• password server

• restrict anonymous (integer value)

• security (new ads value)

• strict locking (enabled by default)

• winbind cache time (increased to 5 minutes)

• winbind uid (deprecated in favor of idmap uid)

• winbind gid (deprecated in favor of idmap gid)