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diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/ldap/clientldapsaslwrapping.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/ldap/clientldapsaslwrapping.xml
index 3152f0682dd..21bd2090057 100644
--- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/ldap/clientldapsaslwrapping.xml
+++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/ldap/clientldapsaslwrapping.xml
@@ -18,25 +18,24 @@
</para>
<para>
- This option is needed in the case of Domain Controllers enforcing
- the usage of signed LDAP connections (e.g. Windows 2000 SP3 or higher).
- LDAP sign and seal can be controlled with the registry key
- "<literal>HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\</literal>
- <literal>NTDS\Parameters\LDAPServerIntegrity</literal>"
- on the Windows server side.
- </para>
+ This option is needed firstly to secure the privacy of
+ administrative connections from <command>samba-tool</command>,
+ including in particular new or reset passwords for users. For
+ this reason the default is <emphasis>seal</emphasis>.</para>
- <para>
- Depending on the used KRB5 library (MIT and older Heimdal versions)
- it is possible that the message "integrity only" is not supported.
- In this case, <emphasis>sign</emphasis> is just an alias for
- <emphasis>seal</emphasis>.
+ <para>Additionally, <command>winbindd</command> and the
+ <command>net</command> tool can use LDAP to communicate with
+ Domain Controllers, so this option also controls the level of
+ privacy for those connections. All supported AD DC versions
+ will enforce the usage of at least signed LDAP connections by
+ default, so a value of at least <emphasis>sign</emphasis> is
+ required in practice.
</para>
<para>
- The default value is <emphasis>sign</emphasis>. That implies synchronizing the time
+ The default value is <emphasis>seal</emphasis>. That implies synchronizing the time
with the KDC in the case of using <emphasis>Kerberos</emphasis>.
</para>
</description>
-<value type="default">sign</value>
+<value type="default">seal</value>
</samba:parameter>