On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, [iso-8859-1] Ferm�n Gal�n M�rquez wrote: > Hello, > > HOWTO chapter 21 describes the use of winbind daemon in a Samba domain > member Server, but it's possible (and desirable) to run winbind in a PDC > Samba server? The question is due to it that in that case it seems it is not > necessary winbind for authenticate/mapping users against a external WinNT4 > PDC, the Samba PDC perform authentication itself (and the mapping its not > necessary, because Samba run in UNIX, where each user/group have an > UID/GID).
Correct. > What about when there is a trust relationship between Samba domain and an > external WinNT4 domain? (I think in this case winbind could be necessary, to > assign SID in the WinNT4 domain to users of the Samba PDC domain, but I'm > not sure). Winbind is needed to map SIDs from foreign domains and from machines that are not domain members. That is why it is a good idea to run winbind on all servers. Cheers, John T. -- John H Terpstra Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
