From f94881d4d34959231fedbaafd5f1fd6f5e9d8924 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Jakub Hrozek <jhrozek@redhat.com>

Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 15:32:26 +0100

Subject: [PATCH] MAN: Explicitly state that not all generic domain options are

 supported for the files provider

Resolves:

https://pagure.io/SSSD/sssd/issue/3882

Reviewed-by: Tomas Halman <thalman@redhat.com>

---

 src/man/sssd-files.5.xml | 8 +++++++-

 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/man/sssd-files.5.xml b/src/man/sssd-files.5.xml

index 067e21949..34b107965 100644

--- a/src/man/sssd-files.5.xml

+++ b/src/man/sssd-files.5.xml

@@ -84,7 +84,13 @@

                 <refentrytitle>sssd.conf</refentrytitle>

                 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>

             </citerefentry> manual page for details on the configuration

-            of an SSSD domain.

+            of an SSSD domain. But the purpose of the files provider is

+            to expose the same data as the UNIX files, just through the

+            SSSD interfaces. Therefore not all generic domain options are

+            supported. Likewise, some global options, such as overriding

+            the shell in the <quote>nss</quote> section for all domains

+            has no effect on the files domain unless explicitly specified

+            per-domain.

             <variablelist>

                 <varlistentry>

                     <term>passwd_files (string)</term>

-- 

2.19.1