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...provide winbind type services to the Unix sude but simply allow sharing of Unix file systems to Windows systems while authenticating against the AD. Usernames in Linux and in the AD are translated via a username map script. If I understand the instructions at https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba%2C_Active_Directory_%26_LDAP correctly, I don't have to run winbind in this scenario, however, I've tried this with both winbind running and not running. Connecting to services from AD member Windows systems works without any problems. I can map Unix home areas and other shares and even the username translatio...

Hey all, I'm having some trouble figuring out ID mapping between AD and LDAP. Basically I've done what is described in this doc: http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba%2C_Active_Directory_%26_LDAP because it comes very close what I need. Only Samba is aware of AD and because uids are kept aligned between my AD and LDAP, acls for users works just fine. Groups however are not kept aligned between LDAP and AD. For instance, I have a group in LDAP called "it_unix_posixgroup&quot...

Dear All, My head is spinning and I fear I am trying to start this from far too far behind to keep ploughing on. Essentially we are having difficulty with our samba shares at work. We have moved to server 2k8 DCs and this seeems to have reeked havoc on our setup. Our difficulty seems to stem from authentication issues. We have bodged a work around though it is neither very secure nor indeed