RE: [Samba] Why would nsswitch.conf be needed at all ?

2005-01-24 Thread David Brodbeck
-Original Message- From: Adam Williasm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I understand the spirit, but, as far as my application is concerned (print server only for windows boxes), don't I have a way of not having to include winbind in nsswitch ? Currently I think the answer is no.

[Samba] Why would nsswitch.conf be needed at all ?

2005-01-20 Thread Frederic Olivie
Hi, I have setup a samba server as a domain member to share print queues. As I'm doing print quotas, I need the users to be authenticated properly. The setup works except that it appears that I need to add winbind to my nsswitch.conf. This is kind of upsetting as I don't see a reason why I

Re: [Samba] Why would nsswitch.conf be needed at all ?

2005-01-20 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
I have setup a samba server as a domain member to share print queues. As I'm doing print quotas, I need the users to be authenticated properly. The setup works except that it appears that I need to add winbind to my nsswitch.conf. This is kind of upsetting as I don't see a reason why I have

Re: [Samba] Why would nsswitch.conf be needed at all ?

2005-01-20 Thread Frederic Olivie
I have setup a samba server as a domain member to share print queues. As I'm doing print quotas, I need the users to be authenticated properly. The setup works except that it appears that I need to add winbind to my nsswitch.conf. This is kind of upsetting as I don't see a reason why I

Re: [Samba] Why would nsswitch.conf be needed at all ?

2005-01-20 Thread Gerald (Jerry) Carter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Frederic Olivie wrote: | I'm not sure I agree. Samba is a unix process which needs | to know about a username/uid mapping. As it gets this | information internally via winbind, I just don't understand | why it has to make sure the mapping is also

Re: [Samba] Why would nsswitch.conf be needed at all ?

2005-01-20 Thread Tim Kelley
On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 04:47:48PM +0100, Frederic Olivie wrote: So, why would samba ever need to control that the system is able to do this mapping when everything happens internally (sending a job to cups is certainly not a case in which a usernam/uid mapping is usefull. It would only be if

Re: [Samba] Why would nsswitch.conf be needed at all ?

2005-01-20 Thread Frederic Olivie
I understand the spirit, but, as far as my application is concerned (print server only for windows boxes), don't I have a way of not having to include winbind in nsswitch ? And unless you are running on an appliance type box, most people would prefer to see user and group names when they run

Re: [Samba] Why would nsswitch.conf be needed at all ?

2005-01-20 Thread Gerald (Jerry) Carter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Frederic Olivie wrote: | I understand the spirit, but, as far as my application is | concerned (print server only for windows boxes), don't | I have a way of not having to include winbind in nsswitch ? No. nsswitch is required for winbindd. cheers,

Re: [Samba] Why would nsswitch.conf be needed at all ?

2005-01-20 Thread Frederic Olivie
On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 04:47:48PM +0100, Frederic Olivie wrote: So, why would samba ever need to control that the system is able to do this mapping when everything happens internally (sending a job to cups is certainly not a case in which a usernam/uid mapping is usefull. It would

Re: [Samba] Why would nsswitch.conf be needed at all ?

2005-01-20 Thread Adam Williasm
I understand the spirit, but, as far as my application is concerned (print server only for windows boxes), don't I have a way of not having to include winbind in nsswitch ? Currently I think the answer is no. Perhaps you can just access all the printers as guest? Alhtough I have no idea why