[Samba] Samba 4.2 AD, DC and winbindd

Jacky Chan jacky at jesstech.com
Wed Jun 3 03:26:57 MDT 2015


On Wednesday, June 03, 2015 05:13 PM, Rowland Penny wrote:
> On 03/06/15 09:55, Jacky Chan wrote:
>> On Wednesday, June 03, 2015 04:47 PM, L.P.H. van Belle wrote:
>>> and as extra,
>>> Users which want to use the old samba 4.1 winbind on 4.2, need to set.
>>> server services = +winbind, -winbindd
>> Can anyone tell me the different between 4.1 winbind and 4.2 winbindd?
>>
>> Thanks
>
> 'winbind' is built into the 'samba' daemon and is limited when 
> compared with the separate 'winbindd' deamon, the 'winbindd' deamon is 
> the same one that is used on a Member Server.
>
If samba (/usr/sbin/samba) already built in winbind, why we need to run 
winbindd in AD or DC?
Or is samba going to drop the built-in winbind in the future?

> Note, the wiki page IMHO is wrong!
>
I second that
> Rowland
>



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