Am I correct that you only need to run winbind if you have other servers are involved? If all I have is a samba server acting as the PDC and that is it, I do not need to run winbind, right? The samba by example book shows using chkconfig to start smb, dhcpd, etc., but does not mention winbind. Later on it shows doing a 'ps ax' and it shows winbind running. Just wanted to confirm.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Gary MacKay wrote:> Am I correct that you only need to run winbind if you have > other servers are involved? If all I have is a samba server > acting as the PDC and that is it, I do not need to run > winbind, right?The common reasons to run winbindd are (a) handling users from windows domains (including trusted ones), and (b) handling NTLM authentication for Unix processes such as pam_winbindd or the ntlm_auth tool. cheers, jerry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDehd9IR7qMdg1EfYRAjCHAJsE8SGlIselnwpasJbu7XGxCPSVtACfatvI d/pMdb1ONifbw4PvmtHUGTE=1sgU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----