In my continued attempt to get winbindd working on a simple domain, I
decided to go through the documentation in more detail, searching for
some possibly hidden clues. In doing so I came across some
instruction that left me a little confused...
Fast Start: Cure for Impatience - Domain Member Server
http://us2.samba.org/samba/docs/man/howto/FastStart.html#id2512775
The first point is in the example smb.conf you're instructed to use
'winbind use default domain = yes' in the global parameters. Later
on, in step 8, the output from wbinfo -u shows the DOMAIN+user
output. Having recently learned from my experiences with this, this
output is not correct. If 'winbind use default domain = yes' is
declared, then you won't see the DOMAIN preceeding the username.
You'll just get a list of usernames. This originally confused me
before Jerry explained it to me.
The next issue is with step 6, where you're asked to configure
/etc/nsswitch.conf. Here, the example entries are slightly different
than in section 20 of the main documentation - Winbind: Use of Domain
Accounts.
Step 6 for the impatient suggests:
passwd: files winbind
group: files winbind
hosts: files dns winbind
While the instructions in Section 20 suggests:
http://us2.samba.org/samba/docs/man/howto/winbind.html#id2574730
passwd: files winbind
shadow: files
group: files winbind
Is this a potential problem? Which is correct?
--
Thanks,
Sak.
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history rears up to spit in your face
you saw what you wanted you took what you saw
we know how you got it-your method equals wipeout
-fugazi
Sak, I am the author of this documentation. I will review the issues you have raised and will correct errors. You might consider posting a bug report on bugzilla.samba.org so that there is an audit trail on this report. Thanks for the heads up. PS: Have you checked the Samba-Guide.pdf? It is my most recent book (also available from Amazon.Com as "Samba-3 by Example". - John T. --- John H Terpstra Samba-Team email: jht@samba.org> -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [Samba] Documentation discrepancies > From: "Sak" <sak@102010.org> > Date: Sat, May 15, 2004 9:47 am > To: samba@lists.samba.org > > In my continued attempt to get winbindd working on a simple domain, I > decided to go through the documentation in more detail, searching for > some possibly hidden clues. In doing so I came across some > instruction that left me a little confused... > > Fast Start: Cure for Impatience - Domain Member Server > http://us2.samba.org/samba/docs/man/howto/FastStart.html#id2512775 > > The first point is in the example smb.conf you're instructed to use > 'winbind use default domain = yes' in the global parameters. Later > on, in step 8, the output from wbinfo -u shows the DOMAIN+user > output. Having recently learned from my experiences with this, this > output is not correct. If 'winbind use default domain = yes' is > declared, then you won't see the DOMAIN preceeding the username. > You'll just get a list of usernames. This originally confused me > before Jerry explained it to me. > > The next issue is with step 6, where you're asked to configure > /etc/nsswitch.conf. Here, the example entries are slightly different > than in section 20 of the main documentation - Winbind: Use of Domain > Accounts. > > Step 6 for the impatient suggests: > > passwd: files winbind > group: files winbind > hosts: files dns winbind > > While the instructions in Section 20 suggests: > http://us2.samba.org/samba/docs/man/howto/winbind.html#id2574730 > > passwd: files winbind > shadow: files > group: files winbind > > Is this a potential problem? Which is correct? > > -- > Thanks, > Sak. > ----- > > bury your heart u s of a > history rears up to spit in your face > you saw what you wanted you took what you saw > we know how you got it-your method equals wipeout > -fugazi > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
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