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<listitem>
<para><constant>Bad Uid</constant> - Is only applicable when Samba is configured
in some type of domain mode security (security = {domain|ads}) and means that
- user logins which are successfully authenticated but which have no valid
+ user logins which are successfully authenticated but which have no valid Unix
user account (and smbd is unable to create one) should be mapped to the defined
- guest account. This was the default behavior of Samba 2.x releases.</para>
+ guest account. This was the default behavior of Samba 2.x releases. Note that
+ if a member server is running winbindd, this option should never be required
+ because the nss_winbind library will export the Windows domain users and groups
+ to the underlying OS via the Name Service Switch interface.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>