[Samba] Winbind backend : rid is too much underappreciated

[Rowland Penny]

On 24/02/15 11:30, L.P.H. van Belle wrote:
> ah, ok, yes that was it..  ;-)
>
> so for my understanding.
>
> we use AD backend if we also want to use the RFC2307 extention (with winbind and schema_mode rfc2307)
> and we can use RID if we want the windows user id with winbind.
>
> and for RID we can use the server templete settings
> and for AD can can set this per user seen the the Unix Attibutes tab in the windows tool
>
> correct?  (I still done understand the main difference between AD and RID.)
>
> i just did read both man's but that does not make it more clear for me.
>
>
> Greetz,
>
> Louis
>
>
>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>> Van: rowlandpenny at googlemail.com
>> [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens Rowland Penny
>> Verzonden: dinsdag 24 februari 2015 12:14
>> Aan: samba at lists.samba.org
>> Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] Winbind backend : rid is too much
>> underappreciated
>>
>> On 24/02/15 10:50, L.P.H. van Belle wrote:
>>> didnt we have the problem with backend to RID,
>>> that the user ID wasnt always the same on different member servers.
>>> and to keep that in line you had to copy the idmap.db to the
>> other server?
>>> Or am i mixing up other things now.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Louis
>>>
>> Yes, you are mixing things up now :-D
>>
>> idmap.ldb is only found on DCs and hands out different numbers on each
>> DC, hence copying the idmap.ldb from the first DC to any subsequent DC.
>>
>> Rowland
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I think you understand it better than you think, what you wrote was a 
very good version.

Rowland