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@@ -36,23 +36,22 @@ NAME="AEN8"
><P
><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
->nmblookup</B
-> [-d debuglevel] [-i] [-S] [-r] [-A] [-h] [-B &#60;broadcast address&#62;] [-U &#60;unicast address&#62;] [-d &#60;debug level&#62;] [-s &#60;smb config file&#62;] [-i &#60;NetBIOS scope&#62;] [-T] {name}</P
+>winbindd</B
+> [-i] [-d &#60;debug level&#62;] [-s &#60;smb config file&#62;]</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN24"
+NAME="AEN14"
></A
><H2
>DESCRIPTION</H2
><P
->This tool is part of the <A
+>This program is part of the <A
HREF="samba.7.html"
TARGET="_top"
> Samba</A
-> suite version 3.0 and describes functionality not
- yet implemented in the main version of Samba.</P
+> suite.</P
><P
><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
@@ -70,7 +69,10 @@ CLASS="FILENAME"
of user and group ids specified by the administrator of the
Samba system.</P
><P
->The service provided by winbindd is called `winbind' and
+>The service provided by <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>winbindd</B
+> is called `winbind' and
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. </P
@@ -147,7 +149,7 @@ group: files winbind
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN52"
+NAME="AEN43"
></A
><H2
>OPTIONS</H2
@@ -186,7 +188,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN65"
+NAME="AEN56"
></A
><H2
>NAME AND ID RESOLUTION</H2
@@ -217,7 +219,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN71"
+NAME="AEN62"
></A
><H2
>CONFIGURATION</H2
@@ -252,7 +254,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
DOMAIN\username. In some cases this separator character may
cause problems as the '\' character has special meaning in
unix shells. In that case you can use the winbind separator
- option to specify an alternative sepataror character. Good
+ option to specify an alternative separator character. Good
alternatives may be '/' (although that conflicts
with the unix directory separator) or a '+ 'character.
The '+' character appears to be the best choice for 100%
@@ -276,7 +278,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
><P
>The winbind uid parameter specifies the
range of user ids that are allocated by the winbindd daemon.
- This range of ids should have no existing local or nis users
+ This range of ids should have no existing local or NIS users
within it as strange conflicts can occur otherwise. </P
><P
>Default: <B
@@ -296,7 +298,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
><P
>The winbind gid parameter specifies the
range of group ids that are allocated by the winbindd daemon.
- This range of group ids should have no existing local or nis
+ This range of group ids should have no existing local or NIS
groups within it as strange conflicts can occur otherwise.</P
><P
>Default: <B
@@ -319,7 +321,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
seconds the winbindd 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 the domain
- controller for the sequence number of the servers account database.
+ controller for the sequence number of the server's account database.
If the sequence number has not changed then the cached item is
marked as valid for a further <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
@@ -375,7 +377,10 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
><EM
>Warning:</EM
> Turning off user enumeration
- may cause some programs to behave oddly. For example, the finger
+ may cause some programs to behave oddly. For example, the <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>finger</B
+>
program relies on having access to the full user list when
searching for matching usernames. </P
><P
@@ -479,7 +484,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN152"
+NAME="AEN144"
></A
><H2
>EXAMPLE SETUP</H2
@@ -563,12 +568,13 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
>The next step is to join the domain. To do that use the
<B
CLASS="COMMAND"
->samedit</B
+>smbpasswd</B
> program like this: </P
><P
><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
->samedit -S '*' -W DOMAIN -UAdministrator</B
+>smbpasswd -j DOMAIN -r PDC -U
+ Administrator</B
></P
><P
>The username after the <TT
@@ -576,20 +582,10 @@ CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>-U</I
></TT
-> can be any Domain
- user that has administrator priviliges on the machine. Next from
- within <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->samedit</B
->, run the command: </P
-><P
-><B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->createuser MACHINE$ -j DOMAIN -L</B
-></P
-><P
->This assumes your domain is called "DOMAIN" and your Samba
- workstation is called "MACHINE". </P
+> can be any
+ Domain user that has administrator privileges on the machine.
+ Substitute your domain name for "DOMAIN" and the name of your PDC
+ for "PDC".</P
><P
>Next copy <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
@@ -620,7 +616,10 @@ CLASS="FILENAME"
>/lib/libnss_winbind.so.1</TT
>.</P
><P
->Finally, setup a smb.conf containing directives like the
+>Finally, setup a <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>smb.conf</TT
+> containing directives like the
following: </P
><P
><TABLE
@@ -663,10 +662,10 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN194"
+NAME="AEN183"
></A
><H2
->Notes</H2
+>NOTES</H2
><P
>The following notes are useful when configuring and
running <B
@@ -697,10 +696,8 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
>winbindd</B
>
nsswitch module read an environment variable named <TT
-CLASS="PARAMETER"
-><I
-> $WINBINDD_DOMAIN</I
-></TT
+CLASS="ENVAR"
+> $WINBINDD_DOMAIN</TT
>. If this variable contains a comma separated
list of Windows NT domain names, then winbindd will only resolve users
and groups within those Windows NT domains. </P
@@ -723,10 +720,10 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN210"
+NAME="AEN199"
></A
><H2
->Signals</H2
+>SIGNALS</H2
><P
>The following signals can be used to manipulate the
<B
@@ -774,10 +771,10 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN227"
+NAME="AEN216"
></A
><H2
->Files</H2
+>FILES</H2
><P
></P
><DIV
@@ -826,9 +823,11 @@ CLASS="FILENAME"
>Storage for the Windows NT rid to UNIX user/group
id mapping. The lock directory is specified when Samba is initially
compiled using the <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->--with-lockdir</TT
-> option.
+CLASS="PARAMETER"
+><I
+>--with-lockdir</I
+></TT
+> option.
This directory is by default <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/usr/local/samba/var/locks
@@ -848,19 +847,18 @@ CLASS="FILENAME"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN256"
+NAME="AEN245"
></A
><H2
>VERSION</H2
><P
->This man page is correct for version 2.2 of
- the Samba suite. winbindd is however not available in
- stable release of Samba as of yet.</P
+>This man page is correct for version 2.2 of
+ the Samba suite.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN259"
+NAME="AEN248"
></A
><H2
>SEE ALSO</H2
@@ -888,7 +886,7 @@ TARGET="_top"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN266"
+NAME="AEN255"
></A
><H2
>AUTHOR</H2