I would like to know what exactly does winbind do.? (i have read the documentation but i am yet confused)
prior to having winbind incorporated in samba,there was smb, nmb doing the authentication using samba server on linux. so samba acted as file and print server + authentcation server for windows clients including the NT server. NT Server -----> Linux Server (Samba) mswinclient1 mswinclient2 mswinclient3 etc. so if we look at the above rough picture.... my all 3 mswinclients can do sharing to NT server as well as Linux having samba. the ntserver can also do sharing to Linux having samba. but what if have 1 NT server, 5 or even more (probably many) linux workstations and also lots of MsWindows workstations how do i do sharing between linux workstations and the MS windows clients and the NT server. does this mean that I have to install samba server on each and every linux workstation. also then what is the job of winbind.? as far as the material i have read ... i can figure out that a solution has come up by the samba team where the password authetication that was done twice, for windows server as well as linux server has been eliminated, thus making the samba server do no authentication any more, while the NT server does the full fledged authentication. is there anything more? regards -- Get Your Private, Free E-mail from Indiatimes at http://email.indiatimes.com Buy the best in Movies at http://www.videos.indiatimes.com Now bid just 7 Days in Advance and get Huge Discounts on Indian Airlines Flights. So log on to http://indianairlines.indiatimes.com and Bid Now! Get Your Private, Free E-mail from Indiatimes at http://email.indiatimes.com Buy the best in Movies at http://www.videos.indiatimes.com Now bid just 7 Days in Advance and get Huge Discounts on Indian Airlines Flights. So log on to http://indianairlines.indiatimes.com and Bid Now! -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
