WINBIND - Revision history

DrModiford: Minor edit for ftp to FTP

2007-10-18T17:50:31Z

Minor edit for ftp to FTP

DrModiford: Minor edits

2007-10-18T17:50:00Z

Minor edits

DrModiford: Link to Category:FreeBSD Terminology

2007-10-17T19:57:54Z

Link to Category:FreeBSD Terminology

DrModiford: Edited links, some were upper case articles

2007-10-17T19:56:58Z

Edited links, some were upper case articles

DrModiford at 19:55, 17 October 2007

2007-10-17T19:55:52Z

DrModiford: Initial content for WINBIND (will need expanding in due course)

2007-10-17T19:48:58Z

Initial content for WINBIND (will need expanding in due course)

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WINBIND is a service that originates from source code intended to give Samba the Domain Controller functionality of Windows NT. It now exists as an authentication subsystem of [[NSSwitch]].

The main use of this service is in conjunction with [[Samba]] to authenticate against Active Directory (or classic NT Domains) for shares hosted by Samba. In other words a Windows user who signs in against Active Directory can access a Samba share on FreeBSD and for that share to be secured for access by that user's Windows account or group memberships. So a share can be limited to those in the Active Directory group 'Accounts Team' or simply the user 'Bob'.

It is also possible to use WINBIND in other [[PAM]]-enabled services, such as [[ftp]], [[imap]], kde-np [[pop]]3, [[ssh]], xdm, [[su]] and [[telnet]] in order to authenticate users against Active Directory.

The SSH service can be configured to use WINBIND and utilise a support utility called ''pam_mkhomedir'' to automatically create a home directory (typically '/home/DOMAINNAME/Username/') following a successful login.

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 The main use of this service is in conjunction with [[Samba]] to authenticate against Active Directory (or classic NT Domains) for shares hosted by Samba.  In other words a Windows user who signs in against Active Directory can access a Samba share on FreeBSD and for that share to be secured for access by that user's Windows account or group memberships.  So a share can be limited to those in the Active Directory group 'Accounts Team' or simply the user 'Bob' for example.  Permissions can be expanded by using [[ACL]] settings at the file system level.
-It is also possible to use WINBIND in other [[PAM]]-enabled services, such as [[ftp]], [[IMAP]], kde-np [[POP3]], [[SSH]], xdm, [[su]] and [[Telnet]] in order to authenticate users against Active Directory.
+It is also possible to use WINBIND in other [[PAM]]-enabled services, such as [[FTP]], [[IMAP]], kde-np [[POP3]], [[SSH]], xdm, [[su]] and [[Telnet]] in order to authenticate users against Active Directory.
 The SSH service can be configured to use WINBIND and utilise a support utility called ''pam_mkhomedir'' (available from Ports) to automatically create a home directory (typically '/home/DOMAINNAME/Username/') following a successful login.
 [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]

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-WINBIND is a service that originates from source code intended to give Samba the Domain Controller functionality of Windows NT.  It now exists as an authentication subsystem, installable through the [[Ports]] system, and utilised through the [[NSSwitch]] system.
+WINBIND is a service that originates from source code intended to give Samba the Domain Controller functionality of Windows NT.  It now exists as an authentication subsystem, installable through the [[Ports]] system, and utilised through the [[NSSwitch]] service.
-The main use of this service is in conjunction with [[Samba]] to authenticate against Active Directory (or classic NT Domains) for shares hosted by Samba.  In other words a Windows user who signs in against Active Directory can access a Samba share on FreeBSD and for that share to be secured for access by that user's Windows account or group memberships.  So a share can be limited to those in the Active Directory group 'Accounts Team' or simply the user 'Bob'.  Permissions can be expanded by using [[ACL]] settings at the file system level.
+The main use of this service is in conjunction with [[Samba]] to authenticate against Active Directory (or classic NT Domains) for shares hosted by Samba.  In other words a Windows user who signs in against Active Directory can access a Samba share on FreeBSD and for that share to be secured for access by that user's Windows account or group memberships.  So a share can be limited to those in the Active Directory group 'Accounts Team' or simply the user 'Bob' for example.  Permissions can be expanded by using [[ACL]] settings at the file system level.
-It is also possible to use WINBIND in other [[PAM]]-enabled services, such as [[ftp]], [[IMAP]], kde-np [[POP3]], [[SSH]], xdm, [[su]] and [[telnet]] in order to authenticate users against Active Directory.
+It is also possible to use WINBIND in other [[PAM]]-enabled services, such as [[ftp]], [[IMAP]], kde-np [[POP3]], [[SSH]], xdm, [[su]] and [[Telnet]] in order to authenticate users against Active Directory.
-The SSH service can be configured to use WINBIND and utilise a support utility called ''pam_mkhomedir'' to automatically create a home directory (typically '/home/DOMAINNAME/Username/') following a successful login.
+The SSH service can be configured to use WINBIND and utilise a support utility called ''pam_mkhomedir'' (available from Ports) to automatically create a home directory (typically '/home/DOMAINNAME/Username/') following a successful login.
 [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]

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 The main use of this service is in conjunction with [[Samba]] to authenticate against Active Directory (or classic NT Domains) for shares hosted by Samba.  In other words a Windows user who signs in against Active Directory can access a Samba share on FreeBSD and for that share to be secured for access by that user's Windows account or group memberships.  So a share can be limited to those in the Active Directory group 'Accounts Team' or simply the user 'Bob'.  Permissions can be expanded by using [[ACL]] settings at the file system level.
-It is also possible to use WINBIND in other [[PAM]]-enabled services, such as [[ftp]], [[imap]], kde-np [[pop]]3, [[ssh]], xdm, [[su]] and [[telnet]] in order to authenticate users against Active Directory.
+It is also possible to use WINBIND in other [[PAM]]-enabled services, such as [[ftp]], [[IMAP]], kde-np [[POP3]], [[SSH]], xdm, [[su]] and [[telnet]] in order to authenticate users against Active Directory.
 The SSH service can be configured to use WINBIND and utilise a support utility called ''pam_mkhomedir'' to automatically create a home directory (typically '/home/DOMAINNAME/Username/') following a successful login.