[Samba] server services line

[Rowland Penny]

On Thu, 3 Nov 2016 14:15:57 -0400
lingpanda101 via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> 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.
> 

I have altered the wiki page, it now says that you can change from the
recommended 'winbindd' to the older 'winbind'

Rowland