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authorTim Potter <tpot@samba.org>2000-06-30 06:10:36 +0000
committerTim Potter <tpot@samba.org>2000-06-30 06:10:36 +0000
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Updated documentation for wbinfo and winbindd.
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@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ and 100 is for reams and reams. To submit a bug report to the Samba Team,
use debug level 100 (see <strong>BUGS.txt</strong>).
<p><a name="minusi"></a>
<p></p><dt><strong><strong>-i</strong></strong><dd>
-Tells winbindd to not become a daemon and detach from the current terminal.
-This option is used by developers when interactive debugging of winbindd is
+Tells <strong>winbindd</strong> to not become a daemon and detach from the current terminal.
+This option is used by developers when interactive debugging of <strong>winbindd</strong> is
required.
<p></dl>
<p><a name="NAMEANDIDRESOLUTION"></a>
@@ -140,12 +140,12 @@ otherwise.
<p><p></p><dt><strong>winbind cache time</strong><dd>
<p>This parameter specifies the number of seconds the <strong>winbindd</strong> daemon will
cache user and group information before querying a Windows NT server
-again. When a item in the cache is older than this time winbindd will ask
+again. When a item in the cache is older than this time <strong>winbindd</strong> will ask
the domain controller for the sequence number of the servers account
database. If the sequence number has not changed then the cached item is
marked as valid for a further "winbind cache time" seconds. Otherwise the
item is fetched from the server. This means that as long as the account
-database is not actively changing winbindd will only have to send one
+database is not actively changing <strong>winbindd</strong> will only have to send one
sequence number query packet every "winbind cache time" seconds.
<p><strong>Default:</strong>
<code> winbind cache time = 15</code>
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ substituted with the user's Windows NT user name.
<p><a name="EXAMPLESETUP"></a>
<h2>EXAMPLE SETUP</h2>
-<p>To setup winbindd for user and group lookups plus authentication from
+<p>To setup <strong>winbindd</strong> for user and group lookups plus authentication from
a domain controller use something like the following setup. This was
tested on a RedHat 6.2 Linux box.
<p>In <code>/etc/nsswitch.conf</code> put the following:
@@ -231,12 +231,12 @@ is called <code>MACHINE</code>.
</pre>
-<p>Now start winbindd and you should find that your user and group
+<p>Now start <strong>winbindd</strong> and you should find that your user and group
database is expanded to include your NT users and groups, and that you
can login to your unix box as a domain user, using the <code>DOMAIN+user</code>
syntax for the username. You may wish to use the commands "getent
passwd" and "getent group" to confirm the correct operation of
-winbindd.
+<strong>winbindd</strong>.
<p><a name="NOTES"></a>
<h2>NOTES</h2>
@@ -245,10 +245,15 @@ winbindd.
<p><p></p><dt><strong></strong><dd>
<a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> must be running on the local machine for
<strong>winbindd</strong> to work.
+<p><p></p><dt><strong></strong><dd>
+<strong>winbindd</strong> queries the list of trusted domains for the Windows NT server
+on startup and when a SIGHUP is received. Thus, for a running <strong>winbindd</strong>
+to become aware of new trust relationships between servers, it must be sent
+a SIGHUP signal.
<p><p></p><dt><strong></strong><dd>
Client processes resolving names through the <strong>winbindd</strong> nsswitch module
read an environment variable named <code>WINBINDD_DOMAIN</code>. If this variable
-contains a comma separated list of Windows NT domain names, then winbindd
+contains a comma separated list of Windows NT domain names, then <strong>winbindd</strong>
will only resolve users and groups within those Windows NT domains.
<p><p></p><dt><strong></strong><dd>
PAM is really easy to misconfigure. Make sure you know what you are doing
@@ -270,7 +275,8 @@ is damaged or destroyed then the mappings will be lost.
<p><p></p><dt><strong><code>SIGHUP</code></strong><dd>
<p>Reload the <code>smb.conf</code> file and apply any parameter changes to the running
version of <strong>winbindd</strong>. This signal also clears any cached user and group
-information.
+information. The list of other domains trusted by <strong>winbindd</strong> is also
+reloaded.
<p><p></p><dt><strong><code>SIGUSR1</code></strong><dd>
<p>The <code>SIGUSR1</code> signal will cause <strong>winbindd</strong> to write status information
to the winbind log file including information about the number of user and
@@ -304,7 +310,7 @@ directory is specified when Samba is initially compiled using the
<h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
<p><a href="samba.7.html"><strong>samba(7)</strong></a>, <a href="smb.conf.5.html"><strong>smb.conf(5)</strong></a>,
-<strong>nsswitch.conf(5)</strong>
+<strong>nsswitch.conf(5)</strong>, <a href="wbinfo.1.html"><strong>wbinfo(1)</strong></a>
<p><a name="AUTHOR"></a>
<h2>AUTHOR</h2>