[Samba] server services line

lingpanda101 lingpanda101 at gmail.com
Thu Nov 3 18:15:57 UTC 2016


On 11/3/2016 2:03 PM, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Nov 2016 06:56:32 +1300
> Andrew Bartlett via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 2016-11-03 at 13:17 -0400, lingpanda101 via samba wrote:
>>> On 11/3/2016 12:07 PM, Marc Muehlfeld via samba wrote:
>>>> Hi Bob,
>>>>
>>>> Am 03.11.2016 um 16:43 schrieb Bob of Donelson Trophy via samba:
>>>>> I have seen you state this before that "server services" line
>>>>> within a
>>>>> smb.conf file is not necessary on a DC.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have to ask, and it may have been asked before but, I recently
>>>>> install
>>>>> from source the v4.5.0 and during provisioning samba created
>>>>> that "line"
>>>>> within the smb.conf file.
>>>>>
>>>>> I understand what and why your saying this but, if the line is
>>>>> not
>>>>> needed then why does provisioning a ADDC create the line?
>>>> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/FAQ#Why_I_Do_Not_Have_a_server_ser
>>>> vices_parameter_in_My_smb.conf_File.3F
>>>>
>>>> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/FAQ#Can_I_Disable_Some_of_the_serv
>>>> er_services_options_in_the_smb.conf_File.3F
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Marc
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Marc,
>>>
>>>       Is this correct from the wiki?
>>>
>>> "If you are running Samba 4.2 or later, you can disable the |samba|
>>> internal |winbindd| daemon and switch to the recommended |winbind|
>>> daemon. To switch, set:"
>>>
>>> I thought winbindd was preferred over winbind?
>> It doens't matter.  I made them an alias for each other when I dropped
>> the internal winbind for 4.2.  (I don't like breaking config files,
>> and the generated line with all the values listed wasn't intentional.
>>   It was meant to be printed as "server services = -dns" or omitted,
>> but some magic got in the way and now we are a bit stuck.
>>
>> Andrew Bartlett
>>
> Hi Andrew,
>
> Pardon ???
>
> The guy was asking about 'winbindd' & 'winbind' and you seem to be
> talking about dns.
>
> In answer to lingpanda101, the wiki is correct, but could be worded
> better, 'winbind' isn't recommended over 'winbindd'.
>
> Rowland
>

Rowland,

     That's what I meant. It sounded as if winbind was preferred over 
winbindd. Thanks for the clarification.

-- 
- James




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