[Samba] Linux member server, or something else?

[Norberto Bensa]

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:39 AM, John Drescher<drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 7:29 AM, David Markey<dmarkey at dodds.dmarkey.com> wrote:
>>> It's possible to use nss_ldap and idmap backend = nss and no winbind, like
>>> you are describing.
>>
>> Why do I need idmap? I mean, from what I understand, idmap only
>> purpose is to help winbind ensure uid and gid are the same across
>> servers. If I use LDAP to store users accounts and groups, these id
>> are the same.
>>
>
> Without idmap ACLs do not work on member servers. I mean changing ACLs
> on files in windows does not work as expected.
>

Ok. So, is this "idmap backend = nss" a valid option? I can't find
information about it in "man smb.conf"

I'm using samba-3.0.28a (ubuntu hardy).


> John M. Drescher
>

Thanks!
Norberto