What value does winbindd give us when we are using acl_xattr?

[Richard Sharpe]

On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at samba.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 2015-07-04 at 10:55 -0700, Richard Sharpe wrote:
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> One of the big things that winbindd does, UID/GID mapping, seems to be
>> simply not relevant when we are using acl_xattr.
>
> How is that the case?  We still need a UID/GID when writing out the
> underlying posix ACL, and to set up the posix token to give the kernel.

That is true, unless you don't write the underlying Posix ACL.

There is no need for a Posix token (ie, all those groups etc) if Samba
is doing it all.

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Regards,
Richard Sharpe
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