[Samba] Winbind troubles

Matthew Daubenspeck matt at oddprocess.org
Mon Jul 22 15:45:59 MDT 2013


On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 11:36:26PM +0200, steve wrote:
> Amazing;)

Amazing all right. I have a headache :)

> You'd lose control over uidNumber, gidNumber and you wouldn't be able to
> specify your own home directories and login shells. It's also a
> nightmare if you add a second DC.

So if I plan on using this for Windows clients ONLY, uidNumber,
gidNumber, homedirs and shells shouldn't really be a problem to me. Key
word being shouldn't?

Not being able to add a backup DC WOULD be a problem, however.


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