Add a note warning against the use of wbinfo -a for authenticacation
authorAndrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org>
Sat, 2 Oct 2004 10:46:13 +0000 (10:46 +0000)
committerAndrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org>
Sat, 2 Oct 2004 10:46:13 +0000 (10:46 +0000)
(ntlm_auth is for that).

Andrew Bartlett

manpages/wbinfo.1.xml

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                <term>-a username%password</term>
                <listitem><para>Attempt to authenticate a user via winbindd. 
                 This checks both authenticaion methods and reports its results.
-               </para></listitem>
+               </para><note><para>Do not be tempted to use this
+               functionality for authentication in third-party
+               applications.  Instead use <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ntlm_auth</refentrytitle>
+       <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></note></listitem>
                </varlistentry>
 
                <varlistentry>
 <refsect1>
        <title>SEE ALSO</title>
        <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
-       <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></para>
+       <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> and <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ntlm_auth</refentrytitle>
+       <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></para>
 </refsect1>
 
 <refsect1>