On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 04:25:26PM +0000, Rowland Penny wrote:
On 27/01/14 16:10, Sumit Bose wrote:
>On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 03:49:15PM +0000, Rowland Penny wrote:
>>Hi, there is a bit of a debate going on over on the samba list,
>>about using sssd or winbind. It is now being said that sssd should
>>not be used on a file server because sssd cannot do what winbind can
>>do.
>>
>>So here are the questions:
>>Just what are the differences between using sssd and winbind.
>>Can sssd be used on a fileserver and if not, why not.
>We plan to support this setup in the next SSSD release, see e.g.
>https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/ticket/1588 . The reason is that samba
>itself does not only use the PAM and NSS interfaces but call winbindd
>directly to get additional information which is not available in the
>other interfaces.
>
>HTH
>
>bye,
>Sumit
>
>>Oh, and we are talking about an AD domain here.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Rowland
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Thanks for that, but ( there is always a but, isn't there ;-) ) any
idea when, I know, 'how long is a piece of string?' but ball park?
My plan is to have most of it done by the end of spring (this year,
northern hemisphere :-).
bye,
Sumit
Thanks again
Rowland
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