[Samba] do I need winbind ?

abartlet at samba.org abartlet at samba.org
Thu Jul 25 19:25:02 GMT 2002


On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 09:27:01PM -0400, Yura Pismerov wrote:
> 
> 	I'm going to implement ACLs with my Samba PDC that runs LDAP on
> backend. Do I need to run winbind ? I've heard that winbind is mandatory
> for ACLs to work, All my users and groups reside in LDAP database, hence
> they have same names in bot Unix and Windows realms. Do I still need
> winbind ?

You don't need winbind for a PDC - the requirement for winbind is when we
are a member server.  (Without winbind on the member server it doesn't get
the SIDs right).

Andrew Bartlett




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