Hi, I was wondering about the winbind enum users and winbind enum groups parameters. The descriptions in the winbindd(8) and smb.conf(5) manual pages are a little skimpy.
Am I guessing correctly that: a) The reason someone might want to turn them off is that on systems with a huge number of users (in the NT domain and on the local Unix system), the accesses to /etc/passwd and /etc/group can bog the system down, due to all the concurrent file opens on those two files? (Especially since getting info on the domain users and groups involves network queries?) b) When these parameters are turned off, that Samba/winbindd somehow modify the C library such that Samba _and_all_other_programs_ on the Unix system get blank data when the getpwent() function is called? Also, what happens with winbindd and Samba when either of these is turned off? Does anything break? Or act differently? BTW, I don't know if anyone else has reported this, but I noticed some typos in the manpages: 1. In the winbindd(8) manpage, the default for winbind enum groups is listed as "no". I assume this is an error. 2. The two parameters are both listed as "winbind enum" in their descriptions in the smb.conf(5) manpage. 3. Just above that in the winbind cache time description, under Default:, it is listed as winbind cache "type", rather than "time". Jay Ts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
