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#3912 incorrect example in the man page of idmap_sss suggests using * for backend sss
Closed: Fixed by jhrozek. Opened by jhrozek.

Closed: Fixed
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Ticket was cloned from Red Hat Bugzilla (product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8): Bug 1652563

Description of problem:
man page of idmap_sss suggests to use * for backend sss.
idmap config * : backend        = sss
idmap config * : range          = 200000-2147483647
The above recommendation in the man page is incorrect as sss backend is
readonly
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
sssd-ldap-2.0.0-23.el8.x86_64
python3-sssdconfig-2.0.0-23.el8.noarch
sssd-krb5-common-2.0.0-23.el8.x86_64
sssd-ad-2.0.0-23.el8.x86_64
sssd-client-2.0.0-23.el8.x86_64
sssd-dbus-2.0.0-23.el8.x86_64
sssd-kcm-2.0.0-23.el8.x86_64
sssd-libwbclient-2.0.0-23.el8.x86_64
sssd-common-pac-2.0.0-23.el8.x86_64
sssd-2.0.0-23.el8.x86_64
sssd-common-2.0.0-23.el8.x86_64
sssd-winbind-idmap-2.0.0-23.el8.x86_64
sssd-krb5-2.0.0-23.el8.x86_64
sssd-ipa-2.0.0-23.el8.x86_64
sssd-tools-2.0.0-23.el8.x86_64
sssd-nfs-idmap-2.0.0-23.el8.x86_64
sssd-proxy-2.0.0-23.el8.x86_64
How reproducible:
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install sssd-winbind-idmap-2.0.0-23.el8.x86_64
2. run man idmap_sss
3.

Metadata Update from @jhrozek:
- Custom field rhbz adjusted to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1652563

https://github.com/SSSD/sssd/pull/731

Commit ea7ada6c relates to this ticket
  • master: ea7ada6c0629df45348f699e30acc44194550801

Metadata Update from @jhrozek:
- Issue close_status updated to: Fixed
- Issue status updated to: Closed (was: Open)

Metadata Update from @jhrozek:
- Issue set to the milestone: SSSD 2.1

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