[Samba] Linux member server, or something else?

John Drescher drescherjm at gmail.com
Tue Jun 30 13:39:07 GMT 2009


> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 7:29 AM, David Markey<dmarkey at dodds.dmarkey.com> wrote:
>> It's possible to use nss_ldap and idmap backend = nss and no winbind, like
>> you are describing.
>
> Why do I need idmap? I mean, from what I understand, idmap only
> purpose is to help winbind ensure uid and gid are the same across
> servers. If I use LDAP to store users accounts and groups, these id
> are the same.
>

Without idmap ACLs do not work on member servers. I mean changing ACLs
on files in windows does not work as expected.


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John M. Drescher


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