After reading the documentation and watching the
traffic on my new Samba server, I believe that in order for winbind to work
correctly, it needs to be constantly able to connect to the main W2K server to
retrieve password and username information.
My question is:
If I cannot assure this constant connection between the servers, is
winbind my best solution for maintaining password and user
synchronization?
My situation:
I have two offices connected via a VPN which allows all traffic to
flow between the two offices. My main office has a W2K server and I have
set up my remote office with Samba/Winbind. The Internet connection is not
extremely stable between the offices. Everytime the connection goes down,
even briefly, users at the remote office lose their connections to the server
and are not able to re-connect without rebooting their PCs.
The ideal solution:
I would like to be able to set up winbind (or another program) to
check with the W2K server periodically for updates only (maybe every day),
otherwise I would like it to maintain the usernames and passwords entirely on
the Samba server and not require a connection to the W2K server.
Relevent smb.conf info:
# Global
parameters
[global]
workgroup = SCHEMMER
netbios name = FS1_CB
security = DOMAIN
encrypt passwords = Yes
password server = *
[global]
workgroup = SCHEMMER
netbios name = FS1_CB
security = DOMAIN
encrypt passwords = Yes
password server = *
winbind uid =
10000-20000
winbind gid = 10000-20000
winbind separator = +
winbind cache time = 86400
winbind gid = 10000-20000
winbind separator = +
winbind cache time = 86400
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Jeremy Lahners
Assistant Manager, I.T.
The Schemmer Associates Inc.
