> -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Davidson > Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 10:48 AM > > I have read many opinions on what character to use for the winbind > separator. Many people urge changing the default to '+'. According to > testparm: > > 'winbind separator = +' might cause problems with group membership. > > The man page for smb.conf says this on the subject: > > "Please note that setting [winbind separator] to + causes problems with > group membership at least on glibc systems, as the character + is used as > a special character for NIS in /etc/group." > > > What *exactly* are the implications of using '+' as the winbind separator > (in the absence of NIS)? > > Thank you, > > Michael Davidson >
I've never understood why anyone would change it from the default. Especially since '+' specifically is know to cause problems. I've always used the default and have not had a problem. James Dinkel -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
