samba - Jun 2002 - Winbindd questions and concerns

All,
 
Currently we are deploying a standard desktop release of Linux Redhat 7.3 built
around the samba/winbindd components to allow NT authentication into our
workstations.  One of our major concerns is
SUID->UID mappings.  I notice that the algorithm that is build into the
software to date creates random UIDs within a lock file.  That scenario can get
pretty messy in a distributed environment when
dealing with NFS since most of the infrastructure on our desktops here at ML
utilize NFS.  I was curious if any sort of development has been created to
resolve this using a centralized lock file? Or
perhaps something similar to NIS where can maintain similar UIDs across all our
workstations.  I know LDAP can be used as a much better setup but we are about
1-2 years away from running that in
production since we are dealing with well over 48k NT accounts, which is a HUGE
migration for us.  I did notice some development work has been done with the
Samba-TNG branch which seems to using
something called SURS.. does anyone have any more information on this?
 
Thanks,
 
Christopher Johnston
Merrill Lynch / DCSA
(201) 671-2368
http://linux.worldnet.ml.com <http://linux.worldnet.ml.com> 
 
 
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