Re: [Samba] Why would nsswitch.conf be needed at all ?

2005-01-20 Thread Frederic Olivie
> On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 04:47:48PM +0100, Frederic Olivie wrote: > > > So, why would samba ever need to control that the system is able to > > do this mapping when everything happens internally (sending a job to > > cups is certainly not a case in which a usernam/ui

Re: [Samba] Why would nsswitch.conf be needed at all ?

2005-01-20 Thread Frederic Olivie
I understand the spirit, but, as far as my application is concerned (print server only for windows boxes), don't I have a way of not having to include winbind in nsswitch ? > And unless you are running on an appliance type box, > most people would prefer to see user and group names > when they r

Re: [Samba] Why would nsswitch.conf be needed at all ?

2005-01-20 Thread Frederic Olivie
> > I have setup a samba server as a domain member to share print queues. > > As I'm doing print quotas, I need the users to be authenticated properly. > > The setup works except that it appears that I need to add winbind to my > > nsswitch.conf. > > This is kind of upsetting as I don't see a reas

[Samba] Why would nsswitch.conf be needed at all ?

2005-01-20 Thread Frederic Olivie
Hi, I have setup a samba server as a domain member to share print queues. As I'm doing print quotas, I need the users to be authenticated properly. The setup works except that it appears that I need to add winbind to my nsswitch.conf. This is kind of upsetting as I don't see a reason why I hav

[Samba] What happens when a windows client joins a domain ?

2005-01-20 Thread Frederic Olivie
Hi, I know this is not tipically a samba question, but I thought maybe someone here would have the proper technical expertise to answer. My goal is to reinstall frequently 80 workstations under Windows XP. In intend to use ghost for this. Maybe my approach is totally wrong, but I figured that