[Samba] Re: Samba + Winbind + Squid

[Andrew Bartlett]

Buchan Milne wrote:
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> | From: michele.de-martin at electrolux.it
> | Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 10:26:10 +0200
> | Subject: [Samba] Re: Samba + Winbind + Squid
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> |>Hi.
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> |>I'm looking for samba 2.2.5 or 2.2.6 binary package to use with squid.
> |>So I need a version compile with option --with-winbind-auth-challenge
> |>and the one provide with red hat 8 doesn't have it. I tried to compile
> |>it but it doesn't work.
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> Could you explain what this accomplishes? I normally use the auth_smb
> (or is it auth_smb?) that comes with squid ...

Reliability and scaleability.

The winbind helper (also supplied with squid 2.5) is significantly more
reliable than the auth_smb system.  It fully supports NT passwords, and
becouse it uses winbind it doesn't kill the PDC in the process.

Andrew Bartlett

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