[Samba] What exactly IS the winbind daemon?

[Raj Kumar]

A related question:

If you are not using winbind you wouldn't be using
idmap (identity mapping) either. Correct?

I have a Samba PDC w/ LDAP backend that serves few
windows computers. I also have Linux clients that
authenticate using LDAP. All user accounts are both
windows (sambaSAMAccount) and unix accounts (posix,
shadow Accounts). So users can login to windows or
linux. Do I need to use LDAP idmap? 

Let's say I add another samba server to PDC domain
that also **allows** unix logins using LDAP
authentication. Do I have to run winbind on this
domain samba member? (my guess: No)

Let's say I add another samba server to PDC domain
that **doesn't** allow unix logins using LDAP
authentication. Do I have to run winbind on this
domain samba member? (my guess: Yes)

Thank you for the help!
Cheers,
Raj
--- Josh Lindenmuth <jlindenmuth at paytimepayroll.com>
wrote:

> You are correct, you don't need winbindd unless you
> are connecting a Windows
> domain.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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>
samba-bounces+jlindenmuth=paytimepayroll.com at lists.samba.org
>
[mailto:samba-bounces+jlindenmuth=paytimepayroll.com at lists.samba.org]
> On
> Behalf Of Oliver Heering
> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 7:32 AM
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: [Samba] What exactly IS the winbind daemon?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> maybe this is a newbie-question, but ... here we go:
> 
> I read the documentation for winbindd several times
> now but didn't get
> far. We run Samba as primary domain controller for
> several dozen
> clients and over 3000 users and never used winbind,
> so my question is
> quite simple:
> 
> What does winbind provide and when do i need it?
> I assume that winbind is only used when i use samba
> as a client in a
> domain with a MS domain controller, is that correct?
> 
> mfg,
> Oliver Heering
> Medienzentrum der Universität Dortmund
> http://www.medienzentrum.uni-dortmund.de
> 
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