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+<samba:parameter name="ldap ssl"
+ context="G"
+ type="enum"
+ enumlist="enum_ldap_ssl"
+ xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
+<description>
+ <para>This option is used to define whether or not Samba should
+ use SSL when connecting to the ldap server
+ This is <emphasis>NOT</emphasis> related to
+ Samba's previous SSL support which was enabled by specifying the
+ <command moreinfo="none">--with-ssl</command> option to the
+ <filename moreinfo="none">configure</filename>
+ script.</para>
+
+ <para>LDAP connections should be secured where possible. This may be
+ done setting <emphasis>either</emphasis> this parameter to
+ <parameter moreinfo="none">start tls</parameter>
+ <emphasis>or</emphasis> by specifying <parameter moreinfo="none">ldaps://</parameter> in
+ the URL argument of <smbconfoption name="passdb backend"/>.</para>
+
+ <para>The <smbconfoption name="ldap ssl"/> can be set to one of
+ two values:</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><parameter moreinfo="none">Off</parameter> = Never
+ use SSL when querying the directory.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><parameter moreinfo="none">start tls</parameter> = Use
+ the LDAPv3 StartTLS extended operation (RFC2830) for
+ communicating with the directory server.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <para>
+ Please note that this parameter does only affect <emphasis>rpc</emphasis>
+ methods.
+ </para>
+
+</description>
+<value type="default">start tls</value>
+</samba:parameter>