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diff --git a/docs/docbook/projdoc/Portability.sgml b/docs/docbook/projdoc/Portability.sgml
index 39ed37585f..cc21ecf255 100644
--- a/docs/docbook/projdoc/Portability.sgml
+++ b/docs/docbook/projdoc/Portability.sgml
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ samba performance significally.
<sect1>
<title>Solaris</title>
+<sect2>
+<title>Locking improvements</title>
+
<para>Some people have been experiencing problems with F_SETLKW64/fcntl
when running samba on solaris. The built in file locking mechanism was
not scalable. Performance would degrade to the point where processes would
@@ -216,6 +219,16 @@ and rebuild samba.
</para>
<para>Thanks to Joe Meslovich for reporting</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="winbind-solaris9">
+<title>Winbind on Solaris 9</title>
+<para>
+Nsswitch on Solaris 9 refuses to use the winbind nss module. This behavior
+is fixed by Sun in patch 113476-05 which as of March 2003 is not in any
+roll-up packages.
+</para>
</sect1>
</chapter>
diff --git a/docs/docbook/projdoc/winbind.sgml b/docs/docbook/projdoc/winbind.sgml
index 460038aea9..1f65e7a8b7 100644
--- a/docs/docbook/projdoc/winbind.sgml
+++ b/docs/docbook/projdoc/winbind.sgml
@@ -786,6 +786,8 @@ stop() {
<sect4>
<title>Solaris</title>
+<para>Winbind doesn't work on solaris 9, see the <link linkend="winbind-solaris9">Portability</link> chapter for details.</para>
+
<para>On solaris, you need to modify the
<filename>/etc/init.d/samba.server</filename> startup script. It usually
only starts smbd and nmbd but should now start winbindd too. If you