[SSSD] sssd vs winbind

Rowland Penny repenny241155 at gmail.com
Mon Jan 27 16:25:26 UTC 2014


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?

Thanks again

Rowland




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