Re: [Freeipa-users] IMPORTANT: Your input requested: SSSD LDAP Provider vs Winbind
Hi, Oh I dont know about that.. We have at least 4 AD domains controlled by me (central IT) and at least 3 ADs on the edge, as schools want to do their own thing...then there is at least one Mac LDAP and one OpenLDAP...and that's the ones I know of. So my job is to glue this all together and make it work with all the disparate hardware..securely and seemlessly...oh joy I must have been a VERY bad person in my last life ;] 8-- Winbindd is clearly built for a single Ad domain which is the norm and the point is already captured in 2. 8- regards Steven Jones Technical Specialist - Linux RHCE Victoria University, Wellington, NZ 0064 4 463 6272 ___ Freeipa-users mailing list Freeipa-users@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users
[Freeipa-users] IMPORTANT: Your input requested: SSSD LDAP Provider vs Winbind
When we originally designed SSSD, we looked at it as a solution for dealing with LDAP and Kerberos identity and authentication for Linux and UNIX clients. With our initial approach, we decided to include only marginal support for Microsoft's Active Directory as a source of user information (only supporting it when it is enabled for use with posixAccount and posixGroup object classes). Our original assumption was that for complicated deployments relying on Active Directory, users would prefer to continue using Winbind. It has a very long history and is specifically designed around managing the peculiarities of Microsoft's LDAP implementation. Of late, it has become apparent that many users are opting to jump ship from winbind to SSSD for use with Active Directory. This has been shown by a sharp uptick in community bug reports with Active Directory servers. Up until now, our plans around Active Directory have circulated around including a Winbind Provider into SSSD, similar to the LDAP provider but making use of the original winbind features found in the Samba project. However, it's beginning to seem like users are expressing an interest to move AWAY from that solution. This may result in a change in our strategy going forward. I'm looking for users to describe to us the reasons why they're choosing SSSD (in its current incarnation) over winbind. What I'm trying to sort out is whether there are specific *issues* with winbind that SSSD is solving for users. In other words, I'm trying to determine whether our decision to write and support a winbind provider backend is misplaced. It may be that if SSSD's LDAP provider is offering a significant advantage over winbind, we will consider dropping (or deferring) our efforts to integrate winbind and instead put that effort into adding Active Directory-specific features into the LDAP provider. For example, we might reprioritize bugs https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/ticket/995 and https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/ticket/996 So please, share with us your stories for why you prefer SSSD over winbind and help us choose our direction for SSSD's future. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Freeipa-users mailing list Freeipa-users@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users
Re: [Freeipa-users] IMPORTANT: Your input requested: SSSD LDAP Provider vs Winbind
On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 15:59 +0100, Ondrej Valousek wrote: Small update so I am not only throwing dirt on winbind: Winbind has still its use if you can not use / do not have RFC2307 attributes in AD. So simply, if you want to use RFC2307 attributes, sssd is here for you. If not, go for winbind. But yet I would not bother about winbind plugin for sssd as it does not make too much sense - that's why we have Glibc and its /etc/nsswitch.conf! Well, just to make one point, there are a few advantages to the winbind backend over pure winbind: 1) SSSD caching instead of nscd 2) Support for multiple AD domains without trust 3) One-to-one mapping of identity domain to authentication domain (so you're not exposing your password to multiple authentication domains until you find the right one, as with traditional PAM). signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Freeipa-users mailing list Freeipa-users@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users
Re: [Freeipa-users] IMPORTANT: Your input requested: SSSD LDAP Provider vs Winbind
On 12/02/2011 04:06 PM, Stephen Gallagher wrote: 1) SSSD caching instead of nscd Winbind has its own cache. We do not want to implement the yet another one causing confusion, do we? 2) Support for multiple AD domains without trust If needed, winbind itself should provide this functionality. 3) One-to-one mapping of identity domain to authentication domain (so you're not exposing your password to multiple authentication domains until you find the right one, as with traditional PAM). Yes, That's true, but honestly, who is using it, is it worth the effort? I am not saying no, of course, everything has its own special use. What I think that we need is the *simplicity*. We need to have a clear and simple rules where to go if windows/ipa/... backend is needed. Most system admins see sssd as a cleverer libnss_ldap.so provider - and that is how it should stay, I believe Ondrej The information contained in this e-mail and in any attachments is confidential and is designated solely for the attention of the intended recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you must not use, disclose, copy, distribute or retain this e-mail or any part thereof. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete all copies of this e-mail from your computer system(s). Please direct any additional queries to: communicati...@s3group.com. Thank You. Silicon and Software Systems Limited (S3 Group). Registered in Ireland no. 378073. Registered Office: South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18___ Freeipa-users mailing list Freeipa-users@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users
Re: [Freeipa-users] IMPORTANT: Your input requested: SSSD LDAP Provider vs Winbind
On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 10:06 -0500, Stephen Gallagher wrote: On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 15:59 +0100, Ondrej Valousek wrote: Small update so I am not only throwing dirt on winbind: Winbind has still its use if you can not use / do not have RFC2307 attributes in AD. So simply, if you want to use RFC2307 attributes, sssd is here for you. If not, go for winbind. But yet I would not bother about winbind plugin for sssd as it does not make too much sense - that's why we have Glibc and its /etc/nsswitch.conf! Well, just to make one point, there are a few advantages to the winbind backend over pure winbind: 1) SSSD caching instead of nscd Winbindd has its own caching and nscd use is not recommend with Winbindd either. 2) Support for multiple AD domains without trust But complete lack of support of multiple trusted domains which is extremely common on Windows networks. 3) One-to-one mapping of identity domain to authentication domain (so you're not exposing your password to multiple authentication domains until you find the right one, as with traditional PAM). Well this is interesting only if you have multiple unrelated identity domains to care about, I wouldn't count this as something better/worse than what Winbindd provides, Winbindd is clearly built for a single Ad domain which is the norm and the point is already captured in 2. 4) Winbindd can use MS-RPC to handle legacy NT/Samba3 domains and NTLM authentication. SSSD has no support for any of that nor Site discovery ala Windows way etc ... I do not want to say one is better than the other, they are different. When I architected SSSD I was full aware of both Winbind limitations and good features. The point is that AD domain support was not a goal for SSSD and so it was not built to support multiple trusted domain through one provider or Windows like domains. This is changing to some degree so SSSD may grow that ability. I am neutral to whether we should integrate winbindd through a plugin or re-implement its functionality, I can see positive and negative aspects in both approaches and I really do not have a strong preference at this stage. Simo. -- Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York ___ Freeipa-users mailing list Freeipa-users@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users
