<para>
The idmap_tdb plugin is the default backend used by winbindd
- for storing SID/uid/gid mapping tables. In contrast to read only
- backends like idmap_rid, it is an allocating backend:
- This means that it needs to allocate new user and group IDs
- to create new mappings as requests to yet unmapped users are answered.
+ for storing SID/uid/gid mapping tables.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ In contrast to read only backends like idmap_rid, it is an allocating
+ backend: This means that it needs to allocate new user and group IDs in
+ order to create new mappings. The allocator can be provided by the
+ idmap_tdb backend itself or by any other allocating backend like
+ idmap_ldap or idmap_tdb2. This is configured with the
+ parameter <parameter>idmap alloc backend</parameter>.
</para>
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