[Samba] Samba4 quit working after update

[Thomas Smith]

Ok, thanks--I appreciate the explanation.

So is there a better option? Using the integrated winbind or installing the
separate package?

To get this working today, I just installed Ubuntu's "winbind" package.

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 2:04 PM Rowland penny <rpenny at samba.org> wrote:

> On 19/04/16 21:39, Thomas Smith wrote:
> > Ok, thank you--that worked, but it doesn't make sense.
> >
> > The server's been operational for months without winbind. Did
> > something change in Samba that it won't operate now without it?
> >
> > I specifically remember reading that winbind wasn't necessary and, in
> > fact, wasn't recommended with Samba 4 AD.
> >
>
> OK, Samba when running as an AD DC originally used 'winbind', this was a
> part of the 'samba' binary and you could not run the 'winbindd' binary.
>  From version 4.2.0, 'winbind' was replaced by the separate 'winbindd'
> binary (as used on a domain member), so you had to either explicitly
> make the Samba binary run 'winbind' or install winbindd and allow the
> Samba binary to start it.
>
> Rowland
>
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