[Samba] winbind causing huge timeouts/delays since 4.8

Ralph Böhme slow at samba.org
Mon Feb 25 18:26:26 UTC 2019


On Sun, Feb 24, 2019 at 06:53:04PM +0000, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
>On Sun, 24 Feb 2019 19:25:14 +0100 >Ralph Böhme <slow at samba.org> wrote:
>> Am 24.02.2019 um 18:48 schrieb Rowland Penny via samba <samba at lists.samba.org>:
>> >> I'm not really what "there" implies for you, but it seems
>> >> idmap_autorid is eventually the backend that takes you "there". :)
>> >
>> > No it doesn't, at the moment, the only way to get the same ID on all
>> > Unix machines (this includes DC's) is to use the 'ad' backend.
>>
>> Sure. But only certain use cases require the same id on all machines,
>> many don't. I'm just saying that you should better not use idmap_ad,
>> but instead use eg idmap_autorid unless you're setup requires
>> idmap_ad.
>
>I am not saying don't use autorid, I am saying that I will not use it,
>I just do not see the point to it, the 'ad' and rid' backends work for
>most users.

As said, idmap_ad is broken by design, so eg it also doesn't work with 
trusts. Most users should use idmap_autorid.

>> > You think autorid is the way forward, well sorry, but in my
>> > opinion, it isn't.
>>
>> Rowland, this is not about *the* way forward, this is about using the
>> right backend at the right time.
>
>No Ralph, it is about *the* way forward, Samba needs to get to the
>point that it works exactly like Windows (or better), Samba has to
>outdo Windows.

that's what I'm saying, to behave like Windows you have to stop using 
idmap_ad. :)

-slow

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