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can be used to resolve user and group information from a
Windows NT server. The service can also provide authentication
services via an associated PAM module. </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The <filename>pam_winbind</filename> module in the 2.2.2 release only
+ supports the <parameter>auth</parameter> and <parameter>account</parameter>
+ module-types. The latter is simply
+ performs a getpwnam() to verify that the system can obtain a uid for the
+ user. If the <filename>libnss_winbind</filename> library has been correctly
+ installed, this should always suceed.
+ </para>
<para>The following nsswitch databases are implemented by
the winbindd service: </para>