[Samba] winbind x sssd

Rowland penny rpenny at samba.org
Fri Jan 29 08:46:48 UTC 2021


On 28/01/2021 22:36, Elias Pereira via samba wrote:
> Hello,
> This is kind of a question/survey.
>
> What would be the best choice and why this choice?
>

If you are using Samba >=4.8.0 then you must use winbind with Samba, 
this is because, from 4.8.0, smbd must talk to AD via winbind.

If you just want authentication, then you can use sssd, but without 
Samba, this is because they each have their own versions of the winbind 
libs.

Rowland





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