[Samba] winbind password replication?

Gerald Carter jerry at samba.org
Mon Sep 30 20:25:40 GMT 2002


On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, Lewis Maggio wrote:

> Now if the wireless link goes down for some reason, I could go to an XP
> box and log in, and it would use the last known good password for the
> account. My question is, if the wireless link goes down, would the
> winbind server do the same thing?  In other words, if the PDC goes down,
> will the winbind server still allow users to access their files with
> their last known good account info and password?

No.  We don't cache password information. 





cheers, jerry
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