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+<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>winbindd</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.71.0"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en"><a name="winbindd.8"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>winbindd &#8212; Name Service Switch daemon for resolving names
+ from NT servers</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="literal">winbindd</code> [-F] [-S] [-i] [-Y] [-d &lt;debug level&gt;] [-s &lt;smb config file&gt;] [-n]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id259558"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p>This program is part of the <a href="samba.7.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">samba</span>(7)</span></a> suite.</p><p><code class="literal">winbindd</code> is a daemon that provides
+ a number of services to the Name Service Switch capability found
+ in most modern C libraries, to arbitary applications via PAM
+ and <code class="literal">ntlm_auth</code> and to Samba itself.</p><p>Even if winbind is not used for nsswitch, it still provides a
+ service to <code class="literal">smbd</code>, <code class="literal">ntlm_auth</code>
+ and the <code class="literal">pam_winbind.so</code> PAM module, by managing connections to
+ domain controllers. In this configuraiton the
+ <a class="indexterm" name="id259361"></a>idmap uid and
+ <a class="indexterm" name="id259368"></a>idmap gid
+ parameters are not required. (This is known as `netlogon proxy only mode'.)</p><p> The Name Service Switch allows user
+ and system information to be obtained from different databases
+ services such as NIS or DNS. The exact behaviour can be configured
+ throught the <code class="filename">/etc/nsswitch.conf</code> file.
+ Users and groups are allocated as they are resolved to a range
+ of user and group ids specified by the administrator of the
+ Samba system.</p><p>The service provided by <code class="literal">winbindd</code> 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><p>
+ The <code class="filename">pam_winbind</code> module supports the
+ <em class="parameter"><code>auth</code></em>, <em class="parameter"><code>account</code></em>
+ and <em class="parameter"><code>password</code></em>
+ module-types. It should be noted that the
+ <em class="parameter"><code>account</code></em> module simply performs a getpwnam() to verify that
+ the system can obtain a uid for the user, as the domain
+ controller has already performed access control. If the
+ <code class="filename">libnss_winbind</code> library has been correctly
+ installed, or an alternate source of names configured, this should always succeed.
+ </p><p>The following nsswitch databases are implemented by
+ the winbindd service: </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">hosts</span></dt><dd><p>This feature is only available on IRIX.
+ User information traditionally stored in
+ the <code class="filename">hosts(5)</code> file and used by
+ <code class="literal">gethostbyname(3)</code> functions. Names are
+ resolved through the WINS server or by broadcast.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term">passwd</span></dt><dd><p>User information traditionally stored in
+ the <code class="filename">passwd(5)</code> file and used by
+ <code class="literal">getpwent(3)</code> functions. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">group</span></dt><dd><p>Group information traditionally stored in
+ the <code class="filename">group(5)</code> file and used by
+ <code class="literal">getgrent(3)</code> functions. </p></dd></dl></div><p>For example, the following simple configuration in the
+ <code class="filename">/etc/nsswitch.conf</code> file can be used to initially
+ resolve user and group information from <code class="filename">/etc/passwd
+ </code> and <code class="filename">/etc/group</code> and then from the
+ Windows NT server.
+</p><pre class="programlisting">
+passwd: files winbind
+group: files winbind
+## only available on IRIX; Linux users should us libnss_wins.so
+hosts: files dns winbind
+</pre><p>The following simple configuration in the
+ <code class="filename">/etc/nsswitch.conf</code> file can be used to initially
+ resolve hostnames from <code class="filename">/etc/hosts</code> and then from the
+ WINS server.</p><pre class="programlisting">
+hosts: files wins
+</pre></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id260125"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">-F</span></dt><dd><p>If specified, this parameter causes
+ the main <code class="literal">winbindd</code> process to not daemonize,
+ i.e. double-fork and disassociate with the terminal.
+ Child processes are still created as normal to service
+ each connection request, but the main process does not
+ exit. This operation mode is suitable for running
+ <code class="literal">winbindd</code> under process supervisors such
+ as <code class="literal">supervise</code> and <code class="literal">svscan</code>
+ from Daniel J. Bernstein's <code class="literal">daemontools</code>
+ package, or the AIX process monitor.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-S</span></dt><dd><p>If specified, this parameter causes
+ <code class="literal">winbindd</code> to log to standard output rather
+ than a file.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-V</span></dt><dd><p>Prints the program version number.
+</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-s &lt;configuration file&gt;</span></dt><dd><p>The file specified contains the
+configuration details required by the server. The
+information in this file includes server-specific
+information such as what printcap file to use, as well
+as descriptions of all the services that the server is
+to provide. See <code class="filename">smb.conf</code> for more information.
+The default configuration file name is determined at
+compile time.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-d|--debuglevel=level</span></dt><dd><p><em class="replaceable"><code>level</code></em> is an integer
+from 0 to 10. The default value if this parameter is
+not specified is zero.</p><p>The higher this value, the more detail will be
+logged to the log files about the activities of the
+server. At level 0, only critical errors and serious
+warnings will be logged. Level 1 is a reasonable level for
+day-to-day running - it generates a small amount of
+information about operations carried out.</p><p>Levels above 1 will generate considerable
+amounts of log data, and should only be used when
+investigating a problem. Levels above 3 are designed for
+use only by developers and generate HUGE amounts of log
+data, most of which is extremely cryptic.</p><p>Note that specifying this parameter here will
+override the <a class="indexterm" name="id300475"></a> parameter
+in the <code class="filename">smb.conf</code> file.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-l|--logfile=logdirectory</span></dt><dd><p>Base directory name for log/debug files. The extension
+<code class="constant">".progname"</code> will be appended (e.g. log.smbclient,
+log.smbd, etc...). The log file is never removed by the client.
+</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-h|--help</span></dt><dd><p>Print a summary of command line options.
+</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-i</span></dt><dd><p>Tells <code class="literal">winbindd</code> to not
+ become a daemon and detach from the current terminal. This
+ option is used by developers when interactive debugging
+ of <code class="literal">winbindd</code> is required.
+ <code class="literal">winbindd</code> also logs to standard output,
+ as if the <code class="literal">-S</code> parameter had been given.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-n</span></dt><dd><p>Disable caching. This means winbindd will
+ always have to wait for a response from the domain controller
+ before it can respond to a client and this thus makes things
+ slower. The results will however be more accurate, since
+ results from the cache might not be up-to-date. This
+ might also temporarily hang winbindd if the DC doesn't respond.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-Y</span></dt><dd><p>Single daemon mode. This means winbindd will run
+ as a single process (the mode of operation in Samba 2.2). Winbindd's
+ default behavior is to launch a child process that is responsible for
+ updating expired cache entries.
+ </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id300582"></a><h2>NAME AND ID RESOLUTION</h2><p>Users and groups on a Windows NT server are assigned
+ a security id (SID) which is globally unique when the
+ user or group is created. To convert the Windows NT user or group
+ into a unix user or group, a mapping between SIDs and unix user
+ and group ids is required. This is one of the jobs that <code class="literal">
+ winbindd</code> performs. </p><p>As winbindd users and groups are resolved from a server, user
+ and group ids are allocated from a specified range. This
+ is done on a first come, first served basis, although all existing
+ users and groups will be mapped as soon as a client performs a user
+ or group enumeration command. The allocated unix ids are stored
+ in a database and will be remembered. </p><p>WARNING: The SID to unix id database is the only location
+ where the user and group mappings are stored by winbindd. If this
+ store is deleted or corrupted, there is no way for winbindd to
+ determine which user and group ids correspond to Windows NT user
+ and group rids. </p><p>See the <a class="indexterm" name="id300614"></a> or the old <a class="indexterm" name="id300619"></a> parameters in
+ <code class="filename">smb.conf</code> for options for sharing this
+ database, such as via LDAP.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id300634"></a><h2>CONFIGURATION</h2><p>Configuration of the <code class="literal">winbindd</code> daemon
+ is done through configuration parameters in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smb.conf</span>(5)</span></a> file. All parameters should be specified in the
+ [global] section of smb.conf. </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>
+ <a class="indexterm" name="id300664"></a>winbind separator</p></li><li><p>
+ <a class="indexterm" name="id300675"></a>idmap uid</p></li><li><p>
+ <a class="indexterm" name="id300687"></a>idmap gid</p></li><li><p>
+ <a class="indexterm" name="id300698"></a>idmap backend</p></li><li><p>
+ <a class="indexterm" name="id300709"></a>winbind cache time</p></li><li><p>
+ <a class="indexterm" name="id300721"></a>winbind enum users</p></li><li><p>
+ <a class="indexterm" name="id300732"></a>winbind enum groups</p></li><li><p>
+ <a class="indexterm" name="id300743"></a>template homedir</p></li><li><p>
+ <a class="indexterm" name="id300755"></a>template shell</p></li><li><p>
+ <a class="indexterm" name="id300766"></a>winbind use default domain</p></li><li><p>
+ <a class="indexterm" name="id300778"></a>winbind: rpc only
+ Setting this parameter forces winbindd to use RPC
+ instead of LDAP to retrieve information from Domain
+ Controllers.
+ </p></li></ul></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id300789"></a><h2>EXAMPLE SETUP</h2><p>
+ To setup winbindd for user and group lookups plus
+ authentication from a domain controller use something like the
+ following setup. This was tested on an early Red Hat Linux box.
+ </p><p>In <code class="filename">/etc/nsswitch.conf</code> put the
+ following:
+</p><pre class="programlisting">
+passwd: files winbind
+group: files winbind
+</pre><p>
+ </p><p>In <code class="filename">/etc/pam.d/*</code> replace the <em class="parameter"><code>
+ auth</code></em> lines with something like this:
+</p><pre class="programlisting">
+auth required /lib/security/pam_securetty.so
+auth required /lib/security/pam_nologin.so
+auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_winbind.so
+auth required /lib/security/pam_unix.so \
+ use_first_pass shadow nullok
+</pre><p>
+ </p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
+ The PAM module pam_unix has recently replaced the module pam_pwdb.
+ Some Linux systems use the module pam_unix2 in place of pam_unix.
+ </p></div><p>Note in particular the use of the <em class="parameter"><code>sufficient
+ </code></em> keyword and the <em class="parameter"><code>use_first_pass</code></em> keyword. </p><p>Now replace the account lines with this: </p><p><code class="literal">account required /lib/security/pam_winbind.so
+ </code></p><p>The next step is to join the domain. To do that use the
+ <code class="literal">net</code> program like this: </p><p><code class="literal">net join -S PDC -U Administrator</code></p><p>The username after the <em class="parameter"><code>-U</code></em> can be any
+ Domain user that has administrator privileges on the machine.
+ Substitute the name or IP of your PDC for "PDC".</p><p>Next copy <code class="filename">libnss_winbind.so</code> to
+ <code class="filename">/lib</code> and <code class="filename">pam_winbind.so
+ </code> to <code class="filename">/lib/security</code>. A symbolic link needs to be
+ made from <code class="filename">/lib/libnss_winbind.so</code> to
+ <code class="filename">/lib/libnss_winbind.so.2</code>. If you are using an
+ older version of glibc then the target of the link should be
+ <code class="filename">/lib/libnss_winbind.so.1</code>.</p><p>Finally, setup a <a href="smb.conf.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smb.conf</span>(5)</span></a> containing directives like the
+ following:
+</p><pre class="programlisting">
+[global]
+ winbind separator = +
+ winbind cache time = 10
+ template shell = /bin/bash
+ template homedir = /home/%D/%U
+ idmap uid = 10000-20000
+ idmap gid = 10000-20000
+ workgroup = DOMAIN
+ security = domain
+ password server = *
+</pre><p>Now start winbindd and you should find that your user and
+ group database is expanded to include your NT users and groups,
+ and that you can login to your unix box as a domain user, using
+ the DOMAIN+user syntax for the username. You may wish to use the
+ commands <code class="literal">getent passwd</code> and <code class="literal">getent group
+ </code> to confirm the correct operation of winbindd.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id300980"></a><h2>NOTES</h2><p>The following notes are useful when configuring and
+ running <code class="literal">winbindd</code>: </p><p><a href="nmbd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">nmbd</span>(8)</span></a> must be running on the local machine
+ for <code class="literal">winbindd</code> to work. </p><p>PAM is really easy to misconfigure. Make sure you know what
+ you are doing when modifying PAM configuration files. It is possible
+ to set up PAM such that you can no longer log into your system. </p><p>If more than one UNIX machine is running <code class="literal">winbindd</code>,
+ then in general the user and groups ids allocated by winbindd will not
+ be the same. The user and group ids will only be valid for the local
+ machine, unless a shared <a class="indexterm" name="id301027"></a> is configured.</p><p>If the the Windows NT SID to UNIX user and group id mapping
+ file is damaged or destroyed then the mappings will be lost. </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id301040"></a><h2>SIGNALS</h2><p>The following signals can be used to manipulate the
+ <code class="literal">winbindd</code> daemon. </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">SIGHUP</span></dt><dd><p>Reload the <a href="smb.conf.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smb.conf</span>(5)</span></a> file and
+ apply any parameter changes to the running
+ version of winbindd. This signal also clears any cached
+ user and group information. The list of other domains trusted
+ by winbindd is also reloaded. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">SIGUSR2</span></dt><dd><p>The SIGUSR2 signal will cause <code class="literal">
+ winbindd</code> to write status information to the winbind
+ log file.</p><p>Log files are stored in the filename specified by the
+ log file parameter.</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id301102"></a><h2>FILES</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><code class="filename">/etc/nsswitch.conf(5)</code></span></dt><dd><p>Name service switch configuration file.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">/tmp/.winbindd/pipe</span></dt><dd><p>The UNIX pipe over which clients communicate with
+ the <code class="literal">winbindd</code> program. For security reasons, the
+ winbind client will only attempt to connect to the winbindd daemon
+ if both the <code class="filename">/tmp/.winbindd</code> directory
+ and <code class="filename">/tmp/.winbindd/pipe</code> file are owned by
+ root. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">$LOCKDIR/winbindd_privileged/pipe</span></dt><dd><p>The UNIX pipe over which 'privileged' clients
+ communicate with the <code class="literal">winbindd</code> program. For security
+ reasons, access to some winbindd functions - like those needed by
+ the <code class="literal">ntlm_auth</code> utility - is restricted. By default,
+ only users in the 'root' group will get this access, however the administrator
+ may change the group permissions on $LOCKDIR/winbindd_privileged to allow
+ programs like 'squid' to use ntlm_auth.
+ Note that the winbind client will only attempt to connect to the winbindd daemon
+ if both the <code class="filename">$LOCKDIR/winbindd_privileged</code> directory
+ and <code class="filename">$LOCKDIR/winbindd_privileged/pipe</code> file are owned by
+ root. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">/lib/libnss_winbind.so.X</span></dt><dd><p>Implementation of name service switch library.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term">$LOCKDIR/winbindd_idmap.tdb</span></dt><dd><p>Storage for the Windows NT rid to UNIX user/group
+ id mapping. The lock directory is specified when Samba is initially
+ compiled using the <em class="parameter"><code>--with-lockdir</code></em> option.
+ This directory is by default <code class="filename">/usr/local/samba/var/locks
+ </code>. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">$LOCKDIR/winbindd_cache.tdb</span></dt><dd><p>Storage for cached user and group information.
+ </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id301246"></a><h2>VERSION</h2><p>This man page is correct for version 3.0 of
+ the Samba suite.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id301257"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2><p><code class="filename">nsswitch.conf(5)</code>, <a href="samba.7.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">samba</span>(7)</span></a>, <a href="wbinfo.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">wbinfo</span>(1)</span></a>, <a href="ntlm_auth.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">ntlm_auth</span>(8)</span></a>, <a href="smb.conf.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smb.conf</span>(5)</span></a>, <a href="pam_winbind.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">pam_winbind</span>(8)</span></a></p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id301314"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2><p>The original Samba software and related utilities
+ were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
+ by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
+ to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</p><p><code class="literal">wbinfo</code> and <code class="literal">winbindd</code> were
+ written by Tim Potter.</p><p>The conversion to DocBook for Samba 2.2 was done
+ by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook XML 4.2 for
+ Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.</p></div></div></body></html>