Winbinds

Robdog · 05-09-2008, 11:38 AM

Hello all,

I'm not to familiar with Linux. I am a starting user(NEWB), just starting to get the hang of Linux. There is one particular subject that I am not able to undertsand, that subject is WINBINDS. I have read many articles regarding WINBINDS, for some reason I still am not able to understand what it means. Can someone explain to me in easy to understand terms what is WINBINDS and what it is used for. Any feedback would be appreciated. Thank you

lensman3 · 05-09-2008, 09:37 PM

From a text screen, type in "man winbindd". This is the title line from the man (manual) file for winbindd. This appears to be part of Samba. On my Fedora Core 8 machine this appears to have been installed by default (but I haven't turned it on, though I run a samba server).

winbindd - Name Service Switch daemon for resolving names from NT servers

At the bottom of the "man winbindds" is a SEE ALSO. Look at those other programs It looks like windbindd maps Windows security into Linux/Unix security and visa-versa. In the "/etc/init.d" directory, there is a winbind SYS5 script to start the daemon. The Core 8 scripts reads the samba config files (smb.conf).

Good luck

05-09-2008, 11:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
Robdog Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 4 OS: WINXP Service pack 2	Winbinds Hello all, I'm not to familiar with Linux. I am a starting user(NEWB), just starting to get the hang of Linux. There is one particular subject that I am not able to undertsand, that subject is WINBINDS. I have read many articles regarding WINBINDS, for some reason I still am not able to understand what it means. Can someone explain to me in easy to understand terms what is WINBINDS and what it is used for. Any feedback would be appreciated. Thank you

05-09-2008, 09:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
lensman3 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Littleton, Colorado USA Posts: 315 OS: xp 64 sp2 Fedora Core 8 (vmware xp core 8 x32) Minix	Re: Winbinds From a text screen, type in "man winbindd". This is the title line from the man (manual) file for winbindd. This appears to be part of Samba. On my Fedora Core 8 machine this appears to have been installed by default (but I haven't turned it on, though I run a samba server). winbindd - Name Service Switch daemon for resolving names from NT servers At the bottom of the "man winbindds" is a SEE ALSO. Look at those other programs It looks like windbindd maps Windows security into Linux/Unix security and visa-versa. In the "/etc/init.d" directory, there is a winbind SYS5 script to start the daemon. The Core 8 scripts reads the samba config files (smb.conf). Good luck