[Samba] Is windbindd necessary?

[Litel Wang]

I think so .In fact it's used for authentication relay .For example 
your linux smb client need password check from windows nt or 2000
domain controler through linux smb server. 

Litel


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>Is it necessary?  I am also confused as to what it does.  If I disable it in
>the smb.conf file, I can not say I see any difference.  I am running 6 XP
>pro clients, MDK 9.2 as the file server.
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>Sincerely, 
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>Matthew J. DiBattista
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>Matthew J. DiBattista
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