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7 <firstname>Tim</firstname><surname>Potter</surname>
9 <orgname>Samba Team</orgname>
10 <address><email>tpot@linuxcare.com.au</email></address>
15 <firstname>Naag</firstname><surname>Mummaneni</surname>
17 <address><email>getnag@rediffmail.com</email></address>
19 <contrib>Notes for Solaris</contrib>
22 <firstname>John</firstname><surname>Trostel</surname>
24 <orgname>SNAP</orgname>
25 <address><email>jtrostel@snapserver.com</email></address>
30 <pubdate>June 15, 2005</pubdate>
33 <title>Winbind: Use of Domain Accounts</title>
36 <title>Features and Benefits</title>
39 <indexterm><primary>holy grail</primary></indexterm>
40 <indexterm><primary>heterogeneous computing</primary></indexterm>
41 Integration of UNIX and Microsoft Windows NT through a unified logon has
42 been considered a <quote>holy grail</quote> in heterogeneous computing environments for
47 <indexterm><primary>interoperability</primary></indexterm>
48 <indexterm><primary>domain user</primary></indexterm>
49 <indexterm><primary>domain group</primary></indexterm>
50 <indexterm><primary>group ownership</primary></indexterm>
51 There is one other facility without which UNIX and Microsoft Windows network
52 interoperability would suffer greatly. It is imperative that there be a
53 mechanism for sharing files across UNIX systems and to be able to assign
54 domain user and group ownerships with integrity.
58 <indexterm><primary>Pluggable Authentication Modules</primary><see>PAM</see></indexterm>
59 <indexterm><primary>winbind</primary></indexterm>
60 <indexterm><primary>NSS</primary></indexterm>
61 <indexterm><primary>RPC</primary></indexterm>
62 <emphasis>winbind</emphasis> is a component of the Samba suite of programs that
63 solves the unified logon problem. Winbind uses a UNIX implementation of Microsoft
64 RPC calls, Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAMs), and the name service switch (NSS) to
65 allow Windows NT domain users to appear and operate as UNIX users on a UNIX
66 machine. This chapter describes the Winbind system, the functionality
67 it provides, how it is configured, and how it works internally.
71 Winbind provides three separate functions:
76 <indexterm><primary>ADS</primary></indexterm>
77 <indexterm><primary>NT4 domain</primary></indexterm>
78 Authentication of user credentials (via PAM). This makes it possible to
79 log onto a UNIX/Linux system using user and group accounts from a Windows
80 NT4 (including a Samba domain) or an Active Directory domain.
84 <indexterm><primary>identity resolution</primary></indexterm>
85 <indexterm><primary>NSS</primary></indexterm>
86 Identity resolution (via NSS). This is the default when winbind is not used.
90 <indexterm><primary>UID</primary></indexterm>
91 <indexterm><primary>GID</primary></indexterm>
92 <indexterm><primary>SID</primary></indexterm>
93 <indexterm><primary>idmap uid</primary></indexterm>
94 <indexterm><primary>idmap gid</primary></indexterm>
95 <indexterm><primary>idmap backend</primary></indexterm>
96 <indexterm><primary></primary>LDAP</indexterm>
97 Winbind maintains a database called winbind_idmap.tdb in which it stores
98 mappings between UNIX UIDs, GIDs, and NT SIDs. This mapping is used only
99 for users and groups that do not have a local UID/GID. It stores the UID/GID
100 allocated from the idmap uid/gid range that it has mapped to the NT SID.
101 If <parameter>idmap backend</parameter> has been specified as <constant>ldap:ldap://hostname[:389]</constant>,
102 then instead of using a local mapping, Winbind will obtain this information
103 from the LDAP database.
108 <indexterm><primary>winbindd</primary></indexterm>
109 <indexterm><primary>starting samba</primary><secondary>winbindd</secondary></indexterm>
110 <indexterm><primary>/etc/passwd</primary></indexterm>
111 <indexterm><primary>/etc/group</primary></indexterm>
112 <indexterm><primary>smbd</primary></indexterm>
113 <indexterm><primary>NSS</primary></indexterm>
114 If <command>winbindd</command> is not running, smbd (which calls <command>winbindd</command>) will fall back to
115 using purely local information from <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/group</filename> and no dynamic
116 mapping will be used. On an operating system that has been enabled with the NSS,
117 the resolution of user and group information will be accomplished via NSS.
121 <figure id="winbind_idmap">
122 <title>Winbind Idmap</title>
123 <imagefile scale="45">idmap_winbind_no_loop</imagefile>
130 <title>Introduction</title>
132 <para>It is well known that UNIX and Microsoft Windows NT have
133 different models for representing user and group information and
134 use different technologies for implementing them. This fact has
135 made it difficult to integrate the two systems in a satisfactory
139 <indexterm><primary>synchronization problems</primary></indexterm>
140 <indexterm><primary>passwords</primary></indexterm>
141 One common solution in use today has been to create
142 identically named user accounts on both the UNIX and Windows systems
143 and use the Samba suite of programs to provide file and print services
144 between the two. This solution is far from perfect, however, because
145 adding and deleting users on both sets of machines becomes a chore,
146 and two sets of passwords are required &smbmdash; both of which
147 can lead to synchronization problems between the UNIX and Windows
148 systems and confusion for users.</para>
150 <para>We divide the unified logon problem for UNIX machines into
151 three smaller problems:</para>
154 <listitem><para>Obtaining Windows NT user and group information.
157 <listitem><para>Authenticating Windows NT users.
160 <listitem><para>Password changing for Windows NT users.
166 <indexterm><primary>unified logon</primary></indexterm>
167 <indexterm><primary>duplication of information</primary></indexterm>
168 Ideally, a prospective solution to the unified logon problem
169 would satisfy all the above components without duplication of
170 information on the UNIX machines and without creating additional
171 tasks for the system administrator when maintaining users and
172 groups on either system. The Winbind system provides a simple
173 and elegant solution to all three components of the unified logon
179 <title>What Winbind Provides</title>
182 <indexterm><primary>Windows account management</primary></indexterm>
183 <indexterm><primary>UNIX users</primary></indexterm>
184 <indexterm><primary>UNIX groups</primary></indexterm>
185 <indexterm><primary>NT domain</primary></indexterm>
186 Winbind unifies UNIX and Windows NT account management by
187 allowing a UNIX box to become a full member of an NT domain. Once
188 this is done, the UNIX box will see NT users and groups as if
189 they were <quote>native</quote> UNIX users and groups, allowing the NT domain
190 to be used in much the same manner that NIS+ is used within
191 UNIX-only environments.</para>
194 <indexterm><primary>Winbind hooks</primary></indexterm>
195 <indexterm><primary>domain controller</primary></indexterm>
196 <indexterm><primary>NSS</primary></indexterm>
197 <indexterm><primary>redirection</primary></indexterm>
198 The end result is that whenever a
199 program on the UNIX machine asks the operating system to look up
200 a user or group name, the query will be resolved by asking the
201 NT domain controller for the specified domain to do the lookup.
202 Because Winbind hooks into the operating system at a low level
203 (via the NSS name resolution modules in the C library), this
204 redirection to the NT domain controller is completely
208 <indexterm><primary>user and group</primary></indexterm>
209 <indexterm><primary>domain user</primary></indexterm>
210 Users on the UNIX machine can then use NT user and group
211 names as they would <quote>native</quote> UNIX names. They can chown files
212 so they are owned by NT domain users or even login to the
213 UNIX machine and run a UNIX X-Window session as a domain user.</para>
216 <indexterm><primary>domain controller</primary></indexterm>
217 The only obvious indication that Winbind is being used is
218 that user and group names take the form <constant>DOMAIN\user</constant> and
219 <constant>DOMAIN\group</constant>. This is necessary because it allows Winbind to determine
220 that redirection to a domain controller is wanted for a particular
221 lookup and which trusted domain is being referenced.</para>
224 <indexterm><primary>PAM-enabled</primary></indexterm>
225 <indexterm><primary>domain controller</primary></indexterm>
226 Additionally, Winbind provides an authentication service that hooks into the PAM system
227 to provide authentication via an NT domain to any PAM-enabled
228 applications. This capability solves the problem of synchronizing
229 passwords between systems, since all passwords are stored in a single
230 location (on the domain controller).</para>
233 <title>Target Uses</title>
236 <indexterm><primary>infrastructure</primary></indexterm>
237 Winbind is targeted at organizations that have an
238 existing NT-based domain infrastructure into which they wish
239 to put UNIX workstations or servers. Winbind will allow these
240 organizations to deploy UNIX workstations without having to
241 maintain a separate account infrastructure. This greatly
242 simplifies the administrative overhead of deploying UNIX
243 workstations into an NT-based organization.</para>
246 <indexterm><primary>Appliances</primary></indexterm>
247 <indexterm><primary>Winbind</primary></indexterm>
248 Another interesting way in which we expect Winbind to
249 be used is as a central part of UNIX-based appliances. Appliances
250 that provide file and print services to Microsoft-based networks
251 will be able to use Winbind to provide seamless integration of
252 the appliance into the domain.</para>
256 <title>Handling of Foreign SIDs</title>
259 <indexterm><primary>foreign SID</primary></indexterm>
260 The term <emphasis>foreign SID</emphasis> is often met with the reaction that it
261 is not relevant to a particular environment. The following documents an interchange
262 that took place on the Samba mailing list. It is a good example of the confusion
263 often expressed regarding the use of winbind.
267 <indexterm><primary>local domain</primary></indexterm>
268 Fact: Winbind is needed to handle users who use workstations that are NOT part
273 <indexterm><primary>PDC</primary></indexterm>
274 Response: <quote>Why? I've used Samba with workstations that are not part of my domains
275 lots of times without using winbind. I thought winbind was for using Samba as a member server
276 in a domain controlled by another Samba/Windows PDC.</quote>
280 <indexterm><primary>UID</primary></indexterm>
281 <indexterm><primary>GID</primary></indexterm>
282 <indexterm><primary>foreign user</primary></indexterm>
283 If the Samba server will be accessed from a domain other than the local Samba domain, or
284 if there will be access from machines that are not local domain members, winbind will
285 permit the allocation of UIDs and GIDs from the assigned pool that will keep the identity
286 of the foreign user separate from users that are members of the Samba domain.
290 <indexterm><primary>PDC</primary></indexterm>
291 <indexterm><primary>domain member</primary></indexterm>
292 <indexterm><primary>domain non-member</primary></indexterm>
293 <indexterm><primary>SID</primary></indexterm>
294 This means that winbind is eminently useful in cases where a single
295 Samba PDC on a local network is combined with both domain member and domain non-member workstations.
296 If winbind is not used, the user george on a Windows workstation that is not a domain
297 member will be able to access the files of a user called george in the account database
298 of the Samba server that is acting as a PDC. When winbind is used, the default condition
299 is that the local user george will be treated as the account DOMAIN\george and the
300 foreign (non-member of the domain) account will be treated as MACHINE\george because
301 each has a different SID.
310 <title>How Winbind Works</title>
313 <indexterm><primary>winbindd</primary></indexterm>
314 <indexterm><primary>UNIX domain socket</primary></indexterm>
315 <indexterm><primary>NSS</primary></indexterm>
316 <indexterm><primary>PAM</primary></indexterm>
317 The Winbind system is designed around a client/server
318 architecture. A long-running <command>winbindd</command> daemon
319 listens on a UNIX domain socket waiting for requests
320 to arrive. These requests are generated by the NSS and PAM
321 clients and are processed sequentially.</para>
323 <para>The technologies used to implement Winbind are described
324 in detail below.</para>
327 <title>Microsoft Remote Procedure Calls</title>
330 <indexterm><primary>Microsoft Remote Procedure Call</primary><see>MSRPC</see></indexterm>
331 <indexterm><primary>PDC</primary></indexterm>
332 <indexterm><primary>remote management</primary></indexterm>
333 <indexterm><primary>user authentication</primary></indexterm>
334 <indexterm><primary>print spooling</primary></indexterm>
335 Over the last few years, efforts have been underway by various Samba Team members to implement various aspects of
336 the Microsoft Remote Procedure Call (MSRPC) system. This system is used for most network-related operations
337 between Windows NT machines, including remote management, user authentication, and print spooling. Although
338 initially this work was done to aid the implementation of Primary Domain Controller (PDC) functionality in
339 Samba, it has also yielded a body of code that can be used for other purposes.
343 <indexterm><primary>MSRPC</primary></indexterm>
344 <indexterm><primary>enumerate domain users</primary></indexterm>
345 <indexterm><primary>enumerate domain groups</primary></indexterm>
346 Winbind uses various MSRPC calls to enumerate domain users and groups and to obtain detailed information about
347 individual users or groups. Other MSRPC calls can be used to authenticate NT domain users and to change user
348 passwords. By directly querying a Windows PDC for user and group information, Winbind maps the NT account
349 information onto UNIX user and group names.
354 <title>Microsoft Active Directory Services</title>
357 <indexterm><primary>LDAP</primary></indexterm>
358 <indexterm><primary>Kerberos</primary></indexterm>
359 <indexterm><primary>Winbind</primary></indexterm>
360 <indexterm><primary>native mode</primary></indexterm>
361 Since late 2001, Samba has gained the ability to interact with Microsoft Windows 2000 using its <quote>native
362 mode</quote> protocols rather than the NT4 RPC services. Using LDAP and Kerberos, a domain member running
363 Winbind can enumerate users and groups in exactly the same way as a Windows 200x client would, and in so doing
364 provide a much more efficient and effective Winbind implementation.
369 <title>Name Service Switch</title>
372 <indexterm><primary>NSS</primary></indexterm>
373 <indexterm><primary>networked workstation</primary></indexterm>
374 <indexterm><primary>NIS</primary></indexterm>
375 <indexterm><primary>DNS</primary></indexterm>
376 The NSS is a feature that is present in many UNIX operating systems. It allows system
377 information such as hostnames, mail aliases, and user information
378 to be resolved from different sources. For example, a standalone
379 UNIX workstation may resolve system information from a series of
380 flat files stored on the local file system. A networked workstation
381 may first attempt to resolve system information from local files,
382 and then consult an NIS database for user information or a DNS server
383 for hostname information.</para>
386 <indexterm><primary>NSS</primary></indexterm>
387 <indexterm><primary>MSRPC</primary></indexterm>
388 <indexterm><primary>trusted domain</primary></indexterm>
389 <indexterm><primary>local users</primary></indexterm>
390 <indexterm><primary>local groups</primary></indexterm>
391 The NSS application programming interface allows Winbind to present itself as a source of system
392 information when resolving UNIX usernames and groups. Winbind uses this interface and information obtained
393 from a Windows NT server using MSRPC calls to provide a new source of account enumeration. Using standard UNIX
394 library calls, you can enumerate the users and groups on a UNIX machine running Winbind and see all users and
395 groups in an NT domain plus any trusted domain as though they were local users and groups.
399 <indexterm><primary>NSS</primary></indexterm>
400 <indexterm><primary>/etc/nsswitch.conf</primary></indexterm>
401 <indexterm><primary>passwd</primary></indexterm>
402 The primary control file for NSS is <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename>. When a UNIX application
403 makes a request to do a lookup, the C library looks in <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> for a line that
404 matches the service type being requested; for example, the <quote>passwd</quote> service type is used when
405 user or group names are looked up. This config line specifies which implementations of that service should be
406 tried and in what order. If the passwd config line is:
408 passwd: files example
410 <indexterm><primary>/lib/libnss_files.so</primary></indexterm>
411 <indexterm><primary>/lib/libnss_example.so</primary></indexterm>
412 <indexterm><primary>resolver functions</primary></indexterm>
413 then the C library will first load a module called <filename>/lib/libnss_files.so</filename> followed
414 by the module <filename>/lib/libnss_example.so</filename>. The C library will dynamically load each of these
415 modules in turn and call resolver functions within the modules to try to resolve the request. Once the request
416 is resolved, the C library returns the result to the application.
420 <indexterm><primary>NSS</primary></indexterm>
421 <indexterm><primary>libnss_winbind.so</primary></indexterm>
422 <indexterm><primary>/etc/nsswitch.conf</primary></indexterm>
423 This NSS interface provides an easy way for Winbind to hook into the operating system. All that needs
424 to be done is to put <filename>libnss_winbind.so</filename> in <filename>/lib/</filename> then add
425 <quote>winbind</quote> into <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> at the appropriate place. The C library
426 will then call Winbind to resolve user and group names.
431 <title>Pluggable Authentication Modules</title>
434 <indexterm><primary>PAM</primary></indexterm>
435 <indexterm><primary>authentication methods</primary></indexterm>
436 <indexterm><primary>authorization</primary></indexterm>
437 <indexterm><primary>NIS database</primary></indexterm>
438 PAMs provide a system for abstracting authentication and authorization technologies. With a PAM
439 module, it is possible to specify different authentication methods for different system applications without
440 having to recompile these applications. PAM is also useful for implementing a particular policy for
441 authorization. For example, a system administrator may only allow console logins from users stored in the
442 local password file but only allow users resolved from an NIS database to log in over the network.
446 <indexterm><primary>PAM</primary></indexterm>
447 <indexterm><primary>Winbind</primary></indexterm>
448 <indexterm><primary>authentication management</primary></indexterm>
449 <indexterm><primary>password management</primary></indexterm>
450 <indexterm><primary>PDC</primary></indexterm>
451 Winbind uses the authentication management and password management PAM interface to integrate Windows
452 NT users into a UNIX system. This allows Windows NT users to log in to a UNIX machine and be authenticated
453 against a suitable PDC. These users can also change their passwords and have this change take effect directly
458 <indexterm><primary>PAM</primary></indexterm>
459 <indexterm><primary>/etc/pam.d/</primary></indexterm>
460 <indexterm><primary>pam_winbind.so</primary></indexterm>
461 <indexterm><primary>/lib/security/</primary></indexterm>
462 PAM is configured by providing control files in the directory <filename>/etc/pam.d/</filename> for
463 each of the services that require authentication. When an authentication request is made by an application,
464 the PAM code in the C library looks up this control file to determine what modules to load to do the
465 authentication check and in what order. This interface makes adding a new authentication service for Winbind
466 very easy: simply copy the <filename>pam_winbind.so</filename> module to <filename>/lib/security/</filename>,
467 and the PAM control files for relevant services are updated to allow authentication via Winbind. See the PAM
468 documentation in <link linkend="pam">PAM-Based Distributed Authentication</link>, for more information.
473 <title>User and Group ID Allocation</title>
476 <indexterm><primary>RID</primary></indexterm>
477 <indexterm><primary>Winbind</primary></indexterm>
478 <indexterm><primary>UNIX ID</primary></indexterm>
479 When a user or group is created under Windows NT/200x, it is allocated a numerical relative identifier
480 (RID). This is slightly different from UNIX, which has a range of numbers that are used to identify users and
481 the same range used to identify groups. It is Winbind's job to convert RIDs to UNIX ID numbers and vice versa.
482 When Winbind is configured, it is given part of the UNIX user ID space and a part of the UNIX group ID space
483 in which to store Windows NT users and groups. If a Windows NT user is resolved for the first time, it is
484 allocated the next UNIX ID from the range. The same process applies for Windows NT groups. Over time, Winbind
485 will have mapped all Windows NT users and groups to UNIX user IDs and group IDs.
489 <indexterm><primary>ID mapping database</primary></indexterm>
490 <indexterm><primary>tdb</primary></indexterm>
491 <indexterm><primary>UNIX ID</primary></indexterm>
492 <indexterm><primary>RID</primary></indexterm>
493 The results of this mapping are stored persistently in an ID mapping database held in a tdb database.
494 This ensures that RIDs are mapped to UNIX IDs in a consistent way.
499 <title>Result Caching</title>
502 <indexterm><primary>SAM</primary></indexterm>
503 <indexterm><primary>caching scheme</primary></indexterm>
504 <indexterm><primary>Winbind</primary></indexterm>
505 <indexterm><primary>ADS</primary></indexterm>
506 <indexterm><primary>PDC</primary></indexterm>
507 An active directory system can generate a lot of user and group name lookups. To reduce the network
508 cost of these lookups, Winbind uses a caching scheme based on the SAM sequence number supplied by NT domain
509 controllers. User or group information returned by a PDC is cached by Winbind along with a sequence number
510 also returned by the PDC. This sequence number is incremented by Windows NT whenever any user or group
511 information is modified. If a cached entry has expired, the sequence number is requested from the PDC and
512 compared against the sequence number of the cached entry. If the sequence numbers do not match, then the
513 cached information is discarded and up-to-date information is requested directly from the PDC.
520 <title>Installation and Configuration</title>
523 <title>Introduction</title>
526 <indexterm><primary>Winbind</primary></indexterm>
527 <indexterm><primary>PDC</primary></indexterm>
528 <indexterm><primary>authentication control</primary></indexterm>
529 This section describes the procedures used to get Winbind up and running. Winbind is capable of providing
530 access and authentication control for Windows Domain users through an NT or Windows 200x PDC for regular
531 services, such as telnet and ftp, as well for Samba services.
537 <emphasis>Why should I do this?</emphasis>
541 <indexterm><primary>Samba administrator</primary></indexterm>
542 <indexterm><primary>authentication mechanisms</primary></indexterm>
543 <indexterm><primary>domain members</primary></indexterm>
544 <indexterm><primary>accounts</primary></indexterm>
545 This allows the Samba administrator to rely on the authentication mechanisms on the Windows NT/200x PDC
546 for the authentication of domain members. Windows NT/200x users no longer need to have separate accounts on
553 <emphasis>Who should be reading this document?</emphasis>
557 <indexterm><primary>PDC</primary></indexterm>
558 <indexterm><primary>Windows NT/200x</primary></indexterm>
559 This document is designed for system administrators. If you are implementing Samba on a file server and wish
560 to (fairly easily) integrate existing Windows NT/200x users from your PDC onto the Samba server, this document
569 <title>Requirements</title>
572 <indexterm><primary>PAM</primary></indexterm>
573 <indexterm><primary>back up</primary></indexterm>
574 <indexterm><primary>boot disk`</primary></indexterm>
575 If you have a Samba configuration file that you are currently using, <emphasis>BACK IT UP!</emphasis>
576 If your system already uses PAM, <emphasis>back up the <filename>/etc/pam.d</filename> directory
577 contents!</emphasis> If you haven't already made a boot disk, <emphasis>MAKE ONE NOW!</emphasis>
581 <indexterm><primary>PAM configuration</primary></indexterm>
582 <indexterm><primary>/etc/pam.d</primary></indexterm>
583 <indexterm><primary>single-user mode</primary></indexterm>
584 Messing with the PAM configuration files can make it nearly impossible to log in to your machine. That's
585 why you want to be able to boot back into your machine in single-user mode and restore your
586 <filename>/etc/pam.d</filename> to the original state it was in if you get frustrated with the
587 way things are going.
591 <indexterm><primary>winbindd</primary></indexterm>
592 <indexterm><primary>daemon</primary></indexterm>
593 The latest version of Samba-3 includes a functioning winbindd daemon. Please refer to the <ulink
594 url="http://samba.org/">main Samba Web page</ulink>, or better yet, your closest Samba mirror site for
595 instructions on downloading the source code.
599 <indexterm><primary>domain users</primary></indexterm>
600 <indexterm><primary>shares and files</primary></indexterm>
601 <indexterm><primary>PAM</primary></indexterm>
602 <indexterm><primary>development libraries</primary></indexterm>
603 To allow domain users the ability to access Samba shares and files, as well as potentially other services
604 provided by your Samba machine, PAM must be set up properly on your
605 machine. In order to compile the Winbind modules, you should have at least the PAM development libraries installed
606 on your system. Please refer to the PAM Web site <ulink url="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/"/>.
611 <title>Testing Things Out</title>
614 <indexterm><primary>smbd</primary></indexterm>
615 <indexterm><primary>nmbd</primary></indexterm>
616 <indexterm><primary>winbindd</primary></indexterm>
617 <indexterm><primary>/etc/pam.d</primary></indexterm>
618 <indexterm><primary>PAM</primary></indexterm>
619 Before starting, it is probably best to kill off all the Samba-related daemons running on your server.
620 Kill off all &smbd;, &nmbd;, and &winbindd; processes that may be running. To use PAM,
621 make sure that you have the standard PAM package that supplies the <filename>/etc/pam.d</filename>
622 directory structure, including the PAM modules that are used by PAM-aware services, several PAM libraries,
623 and the <filename>/usr/doc</filename> and <filename>/usr/man</filename> entries for PAM. Winbind is built
624 better in Samba if the pam-devel package is also installed. This package includes the header files
625 needed to compile PAM-aware applications.
629 <title>Configure <filename>nsswitch.conf</filename> and the Winbind Libraries on Linux and Solaris</title>
632 <indexterm><primary>PAM</primary></indexterm>
633 <indexterm><primary>pam-devel</primary></indexterm>
634 <indexterm><primary>Winbind</primary></indexterm>
635 <indexterm><primary>/etc/nsswitch.conf</primary></indexterm>
636 PAM is a standard component of most current generation UNIX/Linux systems. Unfortunately, few systems install
637 the <filename>pam-devel</filename> libraries that are needed to build PAM-enabled Samba. Additionally, Samba-3
638 may auto-install the Winbind files into their correct locations on your system, so before you get too far down
639 the track, be sure to check if the following configuration is really
640 necessary. You may only need to configure
641 <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename>.
645 The libraries needed to run the &winbindd; daemon through nsswitch need to be copied to their proper locations:
649 <indexterm><primary>libnss_winbind.so</primary></indexterm>
651 &rootprompt;<userinput>cp ../samba/source/nsswitch/libnss_winbind.so /lib</userinput>
656 I also found it necessary to make the following symbolic link:
660 &rootprompt; <userinput>ln -s /lib/libnss_winbind.so /lib/libnss_winbind.so.2</userinput>
663 <para>And, in the case of Sun Solaris:
664 <indexterm><primary>nss_winbind.so.1</primary></indexterm>
666 &rootprompt;<userinput>ln -s /usr/lib/libnss_winbind.so /usr/lib/libnss_winbind.so.1</userinput>
667 &rootprompt;<userinput>ln -s /usr/lib/libnss_winbind.so /usr/lib/nss_winbind.so.1</userinput>
668 &rootprompt;<userinput>ln -s /usr/lib/libnss_winbind.so /usr/lib/nss_winbind.so.2</userinput>
673 <indexterm><primary>/etc/nsswitch.conf</primary></indexterm>
674 As root, edit <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> to allow user and group entries to be visible from the
675 &winbindd; daemon. My <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> file looked like this after editing:
677 passwd: files winbind
680 </programlisting></para>
683 <indexterm><primary>winbindd</primary></indexterm>
684 <indexterm><primary>ldconfig</primary></indexterm>
685 <indexterm><primary>libnss_winbind</primary></indexterm>
686 <indexterm><primary>grep</primary></indexterm>
687 <indexterm><primary>dynamic link loader</primary></indexterm>
688 The libraries needed by the <command>winbindd</command> daemon will be automatically
689 entered into the <command>ldconfig</command> cache the next time
690 your system reboots, but it is faster (and you do not need to reboot) if you do it manually:
692 &rootprompt;<userinput>/sbin/ldconfig -v | grep winbind</userinput>
694 This makes <filename>libnss_winbind</filename> available to winbindd and reports the current
695 search path that is used by the dynamic link loader. The use of the <command>grep</command>
696 filters the output of the <command>ldconfig</command> command so that we may see proof that
697 this library is indeed recognized by the dynamic link loader.
701 <indexterm><primary>dynamic link loader</primary></indexterm>
702 <indexterm><primary>crle</primary></indexterm>
703 <indexterm><primary>/usr/local/lib</primary></indexterm>
704 <indexterm><primary>link loader configuration</primary></indexterm>
705 <indexterm><primary>object module dependencies</primary></indexterm>
706 The Sun Solaris dynamic link loader management tool is called <command>crle</command>. The
707 use of this tool is necessary to instruct the dynamic link loader to search directories that
708 contain library files that were not supplied as part of the original operating system platform.
709 The following example shows how to use this tool to add the directory <filename>/usr/local/lib</filename>
710 to the dynamic link loader's search path:
712 &rootprompt; crle -u -l /usr/lib:/usr/local/lib
714 When executed without arguments, <command>crle</command> reports the current dynamic
715 link loader configuration. This is demonstrated here:
719 Configuration file [version 4]: /var/ld/ld.config
720 Default Library Path (ELF): /lib:/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib
721 Trusted Directories (ELF): /lib/secure:/usr/lib/secure (system default)
724 crle -c /var/ld/ld.config -l /lib:/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib
726 From this it is apparent that the <filename>/usr/local/lib</filename> directory is included
727 in the search dynamic link libraries in order to satisfy object module dependencies.
733 <title>NSS Winbind on AIX</title>
735 <para>(This section is only for those running AIX.)</para>
738 <indexterm><primary>AIX</primary></indexterm>
739 <indexterm><primary>Winbind</primary></indexterm>
740 <indexterm><primary>/usr/lib/security</primary></indexterm>
741 <indexterm><primary>authentication module API</primary></indexterm>
742 <indexterm><primary>/usr/lib/security/methods.cfg</primary></indexterm>
743 <indexterm><primary>PAM module</primary></indexterm>
744 The Winbind AIX identification module gets built as <filename>libnss_winbind.so</filename> in the
745 nsswitch directory of the Samba source. This file can be copied to <filename>/usr/lib/security</filename>,
746 and the AIX naming convention would indicate that it should be named WINBIND. A stanza like the following:
749 program = /usr/lib/security/WINBIND
752 can then be added to <filename>/usr/lib/security/methods.cfg</filename>. This module only supports
753 identification, but there have been reports of success using the standard Winbind PAM module for
754 authentication. Use caution configuring loadable authentication modules, since misconfiguration can make
755 it impossible to log on to the system. Information regarding the AIX authentication module API can
756 be found in the <quote>Kernel Extensions and Device Support Programming Concepts for AIX</quote> document that
757 describes the <ulink url="http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixprggd/kernextc/sec_load_mod.htm">
758 Loadable Authentication Module Programming Interface</ulink> for AIX. Further information on administering the modules
759 can be found in the <ulink url="http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixbman/baseadmn/iandaadmin.htm">System
760 Management Guide: Operating System and Devices.</ulink>
765 <title>Configure smb.conf</title>
768 <indexterm><primary>winbind</primary></indexterm>
769 <indexterm><primary>man page</primary></indexterm>
770 <indexterm><primary>winbindd</primary></indexterm>
771 Several parameters are needed in the &smb.conf; file to control the behavior of &winbindd;. These
772 are described in more detail in the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
773 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> man page. My &smb.conf; file, as shown in <link
774 linkend="winbindcfg">the smb.conf for Winbind Setup</link>, was modified to include the necessary entries in the [global] section.
777 <example id="winbindcfg">
778 <title>smb.conf for Winbind Setup</title>
780 <smbconfsection name="[global]"/>
781 <smbconfcomment> separate domain and username with '\', like DOMAIN\username</smbconfcomment>
782 <smbconfoption name="winbind separator">\</smbconfoption>
783 <smbconfcomment> use uids from 10000 to 20000 for domain users</smbconfcomment>
784 <smbconfoption name="idmap uid">10000-20000</smbconfoption>
785 <smbconfcomment> use gids from 10000 to 20000 for domain groups</smbconfcomment>
786 <smbconfoption name="idmap gid">10000-20000</smbconfoption>
787 <smbconfcomment> allow enumeration of winbind users and groups</smbconfcomment>
788 <smbconfoption name="winbind enum users">yes</smbconfoption>
789 <smbconfoption name="winbind enum groups">yes</smbconfoption>
790 <smbconfcomment> give winbind users a real shell (only needed if they have telnet access)</smbconfcomment>
791 <smbconfoption name="template homedir">/home/winnt/%D/%U</smbconfoption>
792 <smbconfoption name="template shell">/bin/bash</smbconfoption>
800 <title>Join the Samba Server to the PDC Domain</title>
803 <indexterm><primary>domain security</primary></indexterm>
804 <indexterm><primary>PDC</primary></indexterm>
805 <indexterm><primary>BDC</primary></indexterm>
806 All machines that will participate in domain security should be members of
807 the domain. This applies also to the PDC and all BDCs.
811 <indexterm><primary>joining domain</primary></indexterm>
812 <indexterm><primary>domain join</primary></indexterm>
813 <indexterm><primary>net</primary><secondary>rpc</secondary><tertiary>join</tertiary></indexterm>
814 <indexterm><primary>smbd</primary></indexterm>
815 <indexterm><primary>PDC</primary></indexterm>
816 <indexterm><primary>domain controller</primary></indexterm>
817 <indexterm><primary>MS DCE RPC</primary></indexterm>
818 <indexterm><primary>DCE RPC</primary></indexterm>
819 <indexterm><primary>RPC</primary></indexterm>
820 The process of joining a domain requires the use of the <command>net rpc join</command>
821 command. This process communicates with the domain controller it will register with
822 (usually the PDC) via MS DCE RPC. This means, of course, that the <command>smbd</command>
823 process must be running on the target domain controller. It is therefore necessary to temporarily
824 start Samba on a PDC so that it can join its own domain.
828 <indexterm><primary>PDC</primary></indexterm>
829 <indexterm><primary>administrative privileges</primary></indexterm>
830 <indexterm><primary>Administrator</primary></indexterm>
831 Enter the following command to make the Samba server join the domain, where <replaceable>PDC</replaceable> is
832 the name of your PDC and <replaceable>Administrator</replaceable> is a domain user who has administrative
833 privileges in the domain.
837 <indexterm><primary>domain controller</primary></indexterm>
838 <indexterm><primary>PDC</primary></indexterm>
839 <indexterm><primary>tcp ports</primary></indexterm>
840 <indexterm><primary>udp ports</primary></indexterm>
841 Before attempting to join a machine to the domain, verify that Samba is running
842 on the target domain controller (usually PDC) and that it is capable of being reached via ports
843 137/udp, 135/tcp, 139/tcp, and 445/tcp (if Samba or Windows Server 2Kx).
847 <indexterm><primary>net</primary><secondary>rpc</secondary><tertiary>join</tertiary></indexterm>
848 The use of the <command>net rpc join</command> facility is shown here:
850 &rootprompt;<userinput>/usr/local/samba/bin/net rpc join -S PDC -U Administrator</userinput>
852 The proper response to the command should be <quote>Joined the domain
853 <replaceable>DOMAIN</replaceable></quote> where <replaceable>DOMAIN</replaceable>
860 <title>Starting and Testing the <command>winbindd</command> Daemon</title>
863 <indexterm><primary>startup script</primary></indexterm>
864 <indexterm><primary>winbindd</primary></indexterm>
865 <indexterm><primary>Winbind services</primary></indexterm>
866 Eventually, you will want to modify your Samba startup script to automatically invoke the winbindd daemon when
867 the other parts of Samba start, but it is possible to test out just the Winbind portion first. To start up
868 Winbind services, enter the following command as root:
870 &rootprompt;<userinput>/usr/local/samba/sbin/winbindd</userinput>
872 Use the appropriate path to the location of the <command>winbindd</command> executable file.
876 <indexterm><primary>Winbind</primary></indexterm>
877 <indexterm><primary>/usr/local/samba</primary></indexterm>
878 The command to start up Winbind services assumes that Samba has been installed in the
879 <filename>/usr/local/samba</filename> directory tree. You may need to search for the location of Samba files
880 if this is not the location of <command>winbindd</command> on your system.
884 <indexterm><primary>paranoid</primary></indexterm>
885 <indexterm><primary>daemon running</primary></indexterm>
886 I'm always paranoid and like to make sure the daemon is really running.
888 &rootprompt;<userinput>ps -ae | grep winbindd</userinput>
893 <indexterm><primary>winbindd</primary></indexterm>
894 This command should produce output like the following if the daemon is running.
896 3025 ? 00:00:00 winbindd
901 <indexterm><primary>PDC</primary></indexterm>
902 <indexterm><primary>wbinfo</primary></indexterm>
903 Now, for the real test, try to get some information about the users on your PDC:
905 &rootprompt;<userinput>/usr/local/samba/bin/wbinfo -u</userinput>
907 This should echo back a list of users on your Windows users on your PDC. For example, I get the following
917 Obviously, I have named my domain <quote>CEO</quote> and my <smbconfoption name="winbind separator"/> is
922 <indexterm><primary>wbinfo</primary></indexterm>
923 <indexterm><primary>PDC</primary></indexterm>
924 You can do the same sort of thing to get group information from the PDC:
926 &rootprompt;<userinput>/usr/local/samba/bin/wbinfo -g</userinput>
931 CEO\Domain Controllers
934 CEO\Enterprise Admins
935 CEO\Group Policy Creator Owners
939 <indexterm><primary>getent</primary></indexterm>
940 <indexterm><primary>PDC</primary></indexterm>
941 <indexterm><primary>/etc/passwd</primary></indexterm>
942 <indexterm><primary>UID</primary></indexterm>
943 <indexterm><primary>GID</primary></indexterm>
944 <indexterm><primary>home directories</primary></indexterm>
945 <indexterm><primary>default shells</primary></indexterm>
946 The function <command>getent</command> can now be used to get unified lists of both local and PDC users and
947 groups. Try the following command:
949 &rootprompt;<userinput>getent passwd</userinput>
951 You should get a list that looks like your <filename>/etc/passwd</filename>
952 list followed by the domain users with their new UIDs, GIDs, home
953 directories, and default shells.
957 The same thing can be done for groups with the command:
959 &rootprompt;<userinput>getent group</userinput>
967 <title>Fix the init.d Startup Scripts</title>
973 <indexterm><primary>winbindd daemon</primary></indexterm>
974 <indexterm><primary>smbd</primary></indexterm>
975 <indexterm><primary>nmbd</primary></indexterm>
976 <indexterm><primary>/etc/init.d/smb</primary></indexterm>
977 <indexterm><primary>/etc/init.d/samba</primary></indexterm>
978 <indexterm><primary>/usr/local/samba/bin</primary></indexterm>
979 <indexterm><primary></primary></indexterm>
980 <indexterm><primary></primary></indexterm>
981 <indexterm><primary></primary></indexterm>
982 The &winbindd; daemon needs to start up after the &smbd; and &nmbd; daemons are running. To accomplish this
983 task, you need to modify the startup scripts of your system. They are located at
984 <filename>/etc/init.d/smb</filename> in Red Hat Linux and in <filename>/etc/init.d/samba</filename> in Debian
985 Linux. Edit your script to add commands to invoke this daemon in the proper sequence. My startup script starts
986 up &smbd;, &nmbd;, and &winbindd; from the <filename>/usr/local/samba/bin</filename> directory directly. The
987 <command>start</command> function in the script looks like this:
991 echo -n $"Starting $KIND services: "
992 daemon /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd $SMBDOPTIONS
996 echo -n $"Starting $KIND services: "
997 daemon /usr/local/samba/bin/nmbd $NMBDOPTIONS
1001 echo -n $"Starting $KIND services: "
1002 daemon /usr/local/samba/sbin/winbindd
1005 [ $RETVAL -eq 0 -a $RETVAL2 -eq 0 -a $RETVAL3 -eq 0 ] && \
1006 touch /var/lock/subsys/smb || RETVAL=1
1009 </programlisting></para>
1011 <para>If you would like to run winbindd in dual daemon mode, replace the line:
1013 daemon /usr/local/samba/sbin/winbindd
1016 in the example above with:
1019 daemon /usr/local/samba/sbin/winbindd -B
1024 The <command>stop</command> function has a corresponding entry to shut down the services and looks like this:
1027 <para><programlisting>
1030 echo -n $"Shutting down $KIND services: "
1035 echo -n $"Shutting down $KIND services: "
1040 echo -n $"Shutting down $KIND services: "
1043 [ $RETVAL -eq 0 -a $RETVAL2 -eq 0 -a $RETVAL3 -eq 0 ] && \
1044 rm -f /var/lock/subsys/smb
1048 </programlisting></para>
1052 <title>Solaris</title>
1055 Winbind does not work on Solaris 9; see <link linkend="winbind-solaris9">Winbind on Solaris 9 section</link>
1060 <indexterm><primary>Solaris 9</primary></indexterm>
1061 <indexterm><primary>/etc/init.d/samba.server</primary></indexterm>
1062 <indexterm><primary>/usr/local/samba/bin</primary></indexterm>
1063 <indexterm><primary>smbd</primary></indexterm>
1064 <indexterm><primary>nmbd</primary></indexterm>
1065 <indexterm><primary>winbindd</primary></indexterm>
1066 On Solaris, you need to modify the <filename>/etc/init.d/samba.server</filename> startup script. It
1067 usually only starts smbd and nmbd but should now start winbindd, too. If you have Samba installed in
1068 <filename>/usr/local/samba/bin</filename>, the file could contains something like this:
1077 if [ ! -d /usr/bin ]
1078 then # /usr not mounted
1082 killproc() { # kill the named process(es)
1083 pid=`/usr/bin/ps -e |
1084 /usr/bin/grep -w $1 |
1085 /usr/bin/sed -e 's/^ *//' -e 's/ .*//'`
1086 [ "$pid" != "" ] && kill $pid
1089 # Start/stop processes required for Samba server
1095 # Edit these lines to suit your installation (paths, workgroup, host)
1098 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s \
1099 /usr/local/samba/smb.conf
1102 /usr/local/samba/bin/nmbd -D -l \
1103 /usr/local/samba/var/log -s /usr/local/samba/smb.conf
1105 echo Starting Winbind Daemon
1106 /usr/local/samba/sbin/winbindd
1116 echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/samba.server { start | stop }"
1119 </programlisting></para>
1122 Again, if you would like to run Samba in dual daemon mode, replace:
1124 /usr/local/samba/sbin/winbindd
1126 in the script above with:
1128 /usr/local/samba/sbin/winbindd -B
1135 <title>Restarting</title>
1137 <indexterm><primary>daemons</primary></indexterm>
1138 <indexterm><primary>local user</primary></indexterm>
1139 If you restart the &smbd;, &nmbd;, and &winbindd; daemons at this point, you
1140 should be able to connect to the Samba server as a domain member just as
1141 if you were a local user.
1147 <title>Configure Winbind and PAM</title>
1150 <indexterm><primary>winbindd</primary></indexterm>
1151 <indexterm><primary>authentication</primary></indexterm>
1152 <indexterm><primary>PAM</primary></indexterm>
1153 <indexterm><primary>/etc/pam.d</primary></indexterm>
1154 If you have made it this far, you know that <command>winbindd</command> and Samba are working together. If you
1155 want to use Winbind to provide authentication for other services, keep reading. The PAM configuration files
1156 need to be altered in this step. (Did you remember to make backups of your original
1157 <filename>/etc/pam.d</filename> files? If not, do it now.)
1161 <indexterm><primary>NSS</primary></indexterm>
1162 <indexterm><primary>../source/nsswitch</primary></indexterm>
1163 <indexterm><primary>pam_winbind.so</primary></indexterm>
1164 <indexterm><primary>/lib/security</primary></indexterm>
1165 <indexterm><primary>Solaris</primary></indexterm>
1166 <indexterm><primary>/usr/lib/security</primary></indexterm>
1167 You will need a PAM module to use winbindd with these other services. This module will be compiled in the
1168 <filename>../source/nsswitch</filename> directory by invoking the command:
1170 &rootprompt;<userinput>make nsswitch/pam_winbind.so</userinput>
1172 from the <filename>../source</filename> directory. The <filename>pam_winbind.so</filename> file should be
1173 copied to the location of your other PAM security modules. On my Red Hat system, this was the
1174 <filename>/lib/security</filename> directory. On Solaris, the PAM security modules reside in
1175 <filename>/usr/lib/security</filename>.
1177 &rootprompt;<userinput>cp ../samba/source/nsswitch/pam_winbind.so /lib/security</userinput>
1182 <title>Linux/FreeBSD-Specific PAM Configuration</title>
1185 <indexterm><primary>/etc/pam.d/samba</primary></indexterm>
1186 The <filename>/etc/pam.d/samba</filename> file does not need to be changed. I just left this file as it was:
1188 auth required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
1189 account required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
1190 </programlisting></para>
1193 <indexterm><primary>Winbind</primary></indexterm>
1194 <indexterm><primary>authentication service</primary></indexterm>
1195 <indexterm><primary>login</primary></indexterm>
1196 <indexterm><primary>console</primary></indexterm>
1197 <indexterm><primary>telnet logins</primary></indexterm>
1198 <indexterm><primary>ftp service</primary></indexterm>
1199 <indexterm><primary>/etc/xinetd.d</primary></indexterm>
1200 <indexterm><primary>/etc/inetd.conf</primary></indexterm>
1201 <indexterm><primary>/etc/xinetd.d/telnet</primary></indexterm>
1202 The other services that I modified to allow the use of Winbind as an authentication service were the normal
1203 login on the console (or a terminal session), telnet logins, and ftp service. In order to enable these
1204 services, you may first need to change the entries in <filename>/etc/xinetd.d</filename> (or
1205 <filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename>). Red Hat Linux 7.1 and later uses the new xinetd.d structure, in this
1206 case you need to change the lines in <filename>/etc/xinetd.d/telnet</filename> and
1207 <filename>/etc/xinetd.d/wu-ftp</filename> from:
1214 </programlisting></para>
1217 <indexterm><primary>ftp services</primary></indexterm>
1218 <indexterm><primary>home directory template</primary></indexterm>
1219 <indexterm><primary>domain users</primary></indexterm>
1220 For ftp services to work properly, you will also need to either have individual directories for the domain
1221 users already present on the server or change the home directory template to a general directory for all
1222 domain users. These can be easily set using the &smb.conf; global entry <smbconfoption name="template
1227 <indexterm><primary>pam_mkhomedir</primary></indexterm>
1228 The directory in <smbconfoption name="template homedir"/> is not created automatically! Use pam_mkhomedir or
1229 pre-create the directories of users to make sure users can log in on UNIX with their own home directory.
1233 <indexterm><primary>/etc/pam.d/ftp</primary></indexterm>
1234 <indexterm><primary>Winbind</primary></indexterm>
1235 <indexterm><primary>ftp access</primary></indexterm>
1236 The <filename>/etc/pam.d/ftp</filename> file can be changed to allow Winbind ftp access in a manner similar to
1237 the samba file. My <filename>/etc/pam.d/ftp</filename> file was changed to look like this:
1239 auth required /lib/security/pam_listfile.so item=user sense=deny \
1240 file=/etc/ftpusers onerr=succeed
1241 auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_winbind.so
1242 auth required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
1243 auth required /lib/security/pam_shells.so
1244 account sufficient /lib/security/pam_winbind.so
1245 account required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
1246 session required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
1247 </programlisting></para>
1250 <indexterm><primary>/etc/pam.d/login</primary></indexterm>
1251 The <filename>/etc/pam.d/login</filename> file can be changed in nearly the same way. It now looks like this:
1253 auth required /lib/security/pam_securetty.so
1254 auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_winbind.so
1255 auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_unix.so use_first_pass
1256 auth required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
1257 auth required /lib/security/pam_nologin.so
1258 account sufficient /lib/security/pam_winbind.so
1259 account required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
1260 password required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
1261 session required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
1262 session optional /lib/security/pam_console.so
1264 <indexterm><primary>pam_winbind.so</primary></indexterm>
1265 <indexterm><primary>pam_securetty.so</primary></indexterm>
1266 <indexterm><primary>pam_unix.so</primary></indexterm>
1267 In this case, I added the <programlisting>auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_winbind.so</programlisting> lines
1268 as before, but also added the <programlisting>required pam_securetty.so</programlisting> above it to disallow
1269 root logins over the network. I also added a <programlisting>sufficient /lib/security/pam_unix.so
1270 use_first_pass</programlisting> line after the <command>winbind.so</command> line to get rid of annoying
1271 double prompts for passwords.
1277 <title>Solaris-Specific Configuration</title>
1280 <indexterm><primary>/etc/pam.conf</primary></indexterm>
1281 <indexterm><primary></primary></indexterm>
1282 The <filename>/etc/pam.conf</filename> needs to be changed. I changed this file so my Domain
1283 users can log on both locally as well as with telnet. The following are the changes
1284 that I made. You can customize the <filename>pam.conf</filename> file as per your requirements, but
1285 be sure of those changes because in the worst case it will leave your system
1286 nearly impossible to boot.
1289 #ident "@(#)pam.conf 1.14 99/09/16 SMI"
1291 # Copyright (c) 1996-1999, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
1292 # All Rights Reserved.
1296 # Authentication management
1298 login auth required /usr/lib/security/pam_winbind.so
1299 login auth required /usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so.1 try_first_pass
1300 login auth required /usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_dial_auth.so.1 try_first_pass
1302 rlogin auth sufficient /usr/lib/security/pam_winbind.so
1303 rlogin auth sufficient /usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_rhosts_auth.so.1
1304 rlogin auth required /usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so.1 try_first_pass
1306 dtlogin auth sufficient /usr/lib/security/pam_winbind.so
1307 dtlogin auth required /usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so.1 try_first_pass
1309 rsh auth required /usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_rhosts_auth.so.1
1310 other auth sufficient /usr/lib/security/pam_winbind.so
1311 other auth required /usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so.1 try_first_pass
1313 # Account management
1315 login account sufficient /usr/lib/security/pam_winbind.so
1316 login account requisite /usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_roles.so.1
1317 login account required /usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so.1
1319 dtlogin account sufficient /usr/lib/security/pam_winbind.so
1320 dtlogin account requisite /usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_roles.so.1
1321 dtlogin account required /usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so.1
1323 other account sufficient /usr/lib/security/pam_winbind.so
1324 other account requisite /usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_roles.so.1
1325 other account required /usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so.1
1327 # Session management
1329 other session required /usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so.1
1331 # Password management
1333 #other password sufficient /usr/lib/security/pam_winbind.so
1334 other password required /usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so.1
1335 dtsession auth required /usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so.1
1337 # Support for Kerberos V5 authentication (uncomment to use Kerberos)
1339 #rlogin auth optional /usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_krb5.so.1 try_first_pass
1340 #login auth optional /usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_krb5.so.1 try_first_pass
1341 #dtlogin auth optional /usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_krb5.so.1 try_first_pass
1342 #other auth optional /usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_krb5.so.1 try_first_pass
1343 #dtlogin account optional /usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_krb5.so.1
1344 #other account optional /usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_krb5.so.1
1345 #other session optional /usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_krb5.so.1
1346 #other password optional /usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_krb5.so.1 try_first_pass
1347 </programlisting></para>
1350 <indexterm><primary>winbind.so</primary></indexterm>
1351 I also added a <parameter>try_first_pass</parameter> line after the <filename>winbind.so</filename>
1352 line to get rid of annoying double prompts for passwords.
1356 Now restart your Samba and try connecting through your application that you
1357 configured in the pam.conf.
1369 <title>Conclusion</title>
1372 <indexterm><primary>Winbind</primary></indexterm>
1373 <indexterm><primary>NSS</primary></indexterm>
1374 <indexterm><primary>PAM</primary></indexterm>
1375 <indexterm><primary>RPC calls</primary></indexterm>
1376 <indexterm><primary>domain users</primary></indexterm>
1377 The Winbind system, through the use of the NSS, PAMs, and appropriate Microsoft RPC calls, have allowed us to
1378 provide seamless integration of Microsoft Windows NT domain users on a UNIX system. The result is a great
1379 reduction in the administrative cost of running a mixed UNIX and NT network.
1385 <title>Common Errors</title>
1388 Winbind has a number of limitations in its current released version that we hope to overcome in future releases:
1393 Winbind is currently only available for the Linux, Solaris, AIX, and IRIX operating systems, although
1394 ports to other operating systems are certainly possible. For such ports to be feasible, we require the C
1395 library of the target operating system to support the NSS and PAM systems. This is becoming more common as NSS
1396 and PAM gain support among UNIX vendors.
1400 The mappings of Windows NT RIDs to UNIX IDs is not made algorithmically and depends on the order in
1401 which unmapped users or groups are seen by Winbind. It may be difficult to recover the mappings of RID to UNIX
1402 ID if the file containing this information is corrupted or destroyed.
1406 Currently the Winbind PAM module does not take into account possible workstation and logon time
1407 restrictions that may be set for Windows NT users; this is instead up to the PDC to enforce.
1412 <title>NSCD Problem Warning</title>
1415 Do not under any circumstances run <command>nscd</command> on any system
1416 on which <command>winbindd</command> is running.
1420 If <command>nscd</command> is running on the UNIX/Linux system, then
1421 even though NSSWITCH is correctly configured, it will not be possible to resolve
1422 domain users and groups for file and directory controls.
1428 <title>Winbind Is Not Resolving Users and Groups</title>
1431 My &smb.conf; file is correctly configured. I have specified <smbconfoption name="idmap uid">12000</smbconfoption>,
1432 and <smbconfoption name="idmap gid">3000-3500</smbconfoption> and <command>winbind</command> is running.
1433 When I do the following, it all works fine.
1437 &rootprompt;<userinput>wbinfo -u</userinput>
1444 &rootprompt;<userinput>wbinfo -g</userinput>
1445 MIDEARTH\Domain Users
1446 MIDEARTH\Domain Admins
1447 MIDEARTH\Domain Guests
1451 &rootprompt;<userinput>getent passwd</userinput>
1452 root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
1453 bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/bin/bash
1455 maryo:x:15000:15003:Mary Orville:/home/MIDEARTH/maryo:/bin/false
1459 But the following command just fails:
1462 &rootprompt;<userinput>chown maryo a_file</userinput>
1463 chown: `maryo': invalid user
1466 This is driving me nuts! What can be wrong?
1470 Same problem as the one above.
1471 Your system is likely running <command>nscd</command>, the name service
1472 caching daemon. Shut it down, do not restart it! You will find your problem resolved.
1473 Alternately, fix the operation of nscd to resolve the problem.