Hi, Janina! that was my mistake: I missed the second d in "winbindd". I read the paper on WinBind, but not the actual doc. Yes, I definitely understand what I am doing. I am setting up a Linux server for the WinXp-based network. It used to be a hastle to create an account for every XP user on a Linux machine. Now with WinBind, it became much easier. Thanks for the advice. Vic ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxx> To: "Speakup List" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 3:02 PM Subject: Re: WinBind in a new version of Samba > The doc for winbind is included in the samba doc directory under /usr/doc. > It's a daemon you must launch independently of samba. It's called winbindd > -- with two d's in the name. > > Read the doc carefully. You will have to be root on the linux machine and > admin on the Win machine to make winbind work properly. > > Having said this, let me ask you to consider whether you actually need > winbind. It's purpolse is to provide user authentication from the Win > authenticator, while offering user services on the samba/linux side. Is > that what you need to do? > > I ask, because this confused me a few weeks ago while I was building my > connectivity to AFB's new NT server. It turns out I don't need winbind or > samba. I just need smbclient and smbmount--not the same as samba or > winbind. > > On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, Victor Tsaran wrote: > > > Hello, listers! > > I downloaded that newest version of Samba, particularly because of its new > > interesting features, a WinBind daemon. However, I cannot locate the daemon > > program after installation and therefore I have no idea on how to proceed > > with WinBind. Can anybody help? > > Vic > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > http://www.openebook.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > >
