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6 winbindd - Name Service Switch daemon for resolving names from NT
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10 winbindd [-D|--daemon] [-i|--interactive] [-F|--foreground]
11 [--no-process-group] [-n|--no-caching] [-d <debug level>]
12 [--debug-stdout] [--configfile=<configuration file>]
13 [--option=<name>=<value>] [-l|--log-basename <log directory>]
14 [--leak-report] [--leak-report-full] [-V|--version]
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17 This program is part of the samba(7) suite.
18 winbindd is a daemon that provides a number of services to the Name
20 Service Switch capability found in most modern C libraries, to
21 arbitrary applications via PAM and ntlm_auth and to Samba itself.
22 Even if winbind is not used for nsswitch, it still provides a service
24 to smbd, ntlm_auth and the pam_winbind.so PAM module, by managing
25 connections to domain controllers. In this configuration the idmap
26 config * : range parameter is not required. (This is known as `netlogon
27 proxy only mode'.)
28 The Name Service Switch allows user and system information to be
30 obtained from different databases services such as NIS or DNS. The
31 exact behaviour can be configured through the /etc/nsswitch.conf file.
32 Users and groups are allocated as they are resolved to a range of user
33 and group ids specified by the administrator of the Samba system.
34 The service provided by winbindd is called `winbind' and can be used to
36 resolve user and group information from a Windows NT server. The
37 service can also provide authentication services via an associated PAM
38 module.
39 The pam_winbind module supports the auth, account and password
41 module-types. It should be noted that the account module simply
42 performs a getpwnam() to verify that the system can obtain a uid for
43 the user, as the domain controller has already performed access
44 control. If the libnss_winbind library has been correctly installed, or
45 an alternate source of names configured, this should always succeed.
46 The following nsswitch databases are implemented by the winbindd
48 service:
49 hosts
51 This feature is only available on IRIX. User information
52 traditionally stored in the hosts(5) file and used by
53 gethostbyname(3) functions. Names are resolved through the WINS
54 server or by broadcast.
55 passwd
57 User information traditionally stored in the passwd(5) file and
58 used by getpwent(3) functions.
59 group
61 Group information traditionally stored in the group(5) file and
62 used by getgrent(3) functions.
63 For example, the following simple configuration in the
65 /etc/nsswitch.conf file can be used to initially resolve user and group
66 information from /etc/passwd and /etc/group and then from the Windows
67 NT server.
68 passwd: files winbind
70 group: files winbind
71 ## only available on IRIX: use winbind to resolve hosts:
72 # hosts: files dns winbind
73 ## All other NSS enabled systems should use libnss_wins.so like this:
74 hosts: files dns wins
75 The following simple configuration in the /etc/nsswitch.conf file can
78 be used to initially resolve hostnames from /etc/hosts and then from
79 the WINS server.
80 hosts: files wins
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84 -D|--daemon
85 If specified, this parameter causes the server to operate as a
86 daemon. That is, it detaches itself and runs in the background on
87 the appropriate port. This switch is assumed if winbindd is
88 executed on the command line of a shell.
89 -i|--interactive
91 Tells winbindd to not become a daemon and detach from the current
92 terminal. This option is used by developers when interactive
93 debugging of winbindd is required. winbindd also logs to standard
94 output, as if the -S parameter had been given.
95 -F|--foreground
97 If specified, this parameter causes the main winbindd process to
98 not daemonize, i.e. double-fork and disassociate with the terminal.
99 Child processes are still created as normal to service each
100 connection request, but the main process does not exit. This
101 operation mode is suitable for running winbindd under process
102 supervisors such as supervise and svscan from Daniel J. Bernstein's
103 daemontools package, or the AIX process monitor.
104 --no-process-group
106 Do not create a new process group for winbindd.
107 -n|--no-caching
109 Disable some caching. This means winbindd will often have to wait
110 for a response from the domain controller before it can respond to
111 a client and this thus makes things slower. The results will
112 however be more accurate, since results from the cache might not be
113 up-to-date. This might also temporarily hang winbindd if the DC
114 doesn't respond. This does not disable the samlogon cache, which is
115 required for group membership tracking in trusted environments.
116 -d|--debuglevel=DEBUGLEVEL, --debug-stdout
118 level is an integer from 0 to 10. The default value if this
119 parameter is not specified is 0.
120 The higher this value, the more detail will be logged to the log
122 files about the activities of the server. At level 0, only critical
123 errors and serious warnings will be logged. Level 1 is a reasonable
124 level for day-to-day running - it generates a small amount of
125 information about operations carried out.
126 Levels above 1 will generate considerable amounts of log data, and
128 should only be used when investigating a problem. Levels above 3
129 are designed for use only by developers and generate HUGE amounts
130 of log data, most of which is extremely cryptic.
131 Note that specifying this parameter here will override the log
133 level parameter in the /etc/samba/smb.conf file. This will
134 redirect debug output to STDOUT. By default server daemons are
135 logging to a log file.
136 --configfile=CONFIGFILE
138 The file specified contains the configuration details required by
139 the server. The information in this file includes server-specific
140 information such as what printcap file to use, as well as
141 descriptions of all the services that the server is to provide. See
142 /etc/samba/smb.conf for more information. The default configuration
143 file name is determined at compile time.
144 --option=<name>=<value>
146 Set the smb.conf(5) option "<name>" to value "<value>" from the
147 command line. This overrides compiled-in defaults and options read
148 from the configuration file. If a name or a value includes a space,
149 wrap whole --option=name=value into quotes.
150 -l|--log-basename=logdirectory
152 Base directory name for log/debug files. The parent process uses
153 filename log.winbindd, the child process uses filename
154 log.wb-<name>. The log file is never removed by winbindd.
155 --leak-report
157 Enable talloc leak reporting on exit.
158 --leak-report-full
160 Enable full talloc leak reporting on exit.
161 -V|--version
163 Prints the program version number.
164 -?|--help
166 Print a summary of command line options.
167 --usage
169 Display brief usage message.
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172 Users and groups on a Windows NT server are assigned a security id
173 (SID) which is globally unique when the user or group is created. To
174 convert the Windows NT user or group into a unix user or group, a
175 mapping between SIDs and unix user and group ids is required. This is
176 one of the jobs that winbindd performs.
177 As winbindd users and groups are resolved from a server, user and group
179 ids are allocated from a specified range. This is done on a first come,
180 first served basis, although all existing users and groups will be
181 mapped as soon as a client performs a user or group enumeration
182 command. The allocated unix ids are stored in a database and will be
183 remembered.
184 WARNING: The SID to unix id database is the only location where the
186 user and group mappings are stored by winbindd. If this store is
187 deleted or corrupted, there is no way for winbindd to determine which
188 user and group ids correspond to Windows NT user and group rids.
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191 Configuration of the winbindd daemon is done through configuration
192 parameters in the smb.conf(5) file. All parameters should be specified
193 in the [global] section of smb.conf.
194 • winbind separator
196 • idmap config * : range
198 • idmap config * : backend
200 • winbind cache time
202 • winbind enum users
204 • winbind enum groups
206 • template homedir
208 • template shell
210 • winbind use default domain
212 • winbind: rpc only Setting this parameter forces winbindd to
214 use RPC instead of LDAP to retrieve information from Domain
215 Controllers.
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218 To setup winbindd for user and group lookups plus authentication from a
219 domain controller use something like the following setup. This was
220 tested on an early Red Hat Linux box.
221 In /etc/nsswitch.conf put the following:
223 passwd: files winbind
225 group: files winbind
226 In /etc/pam.d/* replace the
228 auth lines with something like this:
229 auth required /lib/security/pam_securetty.so
231 auth required /lib/security/pam_nologin.so
232 auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_winbind.so
233 auth required /lib/security/pam_unix.so \
234 use_first_pass shadow nullok
235 Note
238 The PAM module pam_unix has recently replaced the module pam_pwdb.
239 Some Linux systems use the module pam_unix2 in place of pam_unix.
240 Note in particular the use of the sufficient keyword and the
242 use_first_pass keyword.
243 Now replace the account lines with this:
245 account required /lib/security/pam_winbind.so
247 The next step is to join the domain. To do that use the net program
249 like this:
250 net join -S PDC -U Administrator
252 The username after the -U can be any Domain user that has administrator
254 privileges on the machine. Substitute the name or IP of your PDC for
255 "PDC".
256 Next copy libnss_winbind.so to /lib and pam_winbind.so to
258 /lib/security. A symbolic link needs to be made from
259 /lib/libnss_winbind.so to /lib/libnss_winbind.so.2. If you are using an
260 older version of glibc then the target of the link should be
261 /lib/libnss_winbind.so.1.
262 Finally, setup a smb.conf(5) containing directives like the following:
264 [global]
266 winbind separator = +
267 winbind cache time = 10
268 template shell = /bin/bash
269 template homedir = /home/%D/%U
270 idmap config * : range = 10000-20000
271 workgroup = DOMAIN
272 security = domain
273 password server = *
274 Now start winbindd and you should find that your user and group
276 database is expanded to include your NT users and groups, and that you
277 can login to your unix box as a domain user, using the DOMAIN+user
278 syntax for the username. You may wish to use the commands getent passwd
279 and getent group to confirm the correct operation of winbindd.
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282 The following notes are useful when configuring and running winbindd:
283 PAM is really easy to misconfigure. Make sure you know what you are
285 doing when modifying PAM configuration files. It is possible to set up
286 PAM such that you can no longer log into your system.
287 If more than one UNIX machine is running winbindd, then in general the
289 user and groups ids allocated by winbindd will not be the same. The
290 user and group ids will only be valid for the local machine, unless a
291 shared idmap config * : backend is configured.
292 If the Windows NT SID to UNIX user and group id mapping file is damaged
294 or destroyed then the mappings will be lost.
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297 The following signals can be used to manipulate the winbindd daemon.
298 SIGHUP
300 Reload the smb.conf(5) file and apply any parameter changes to the
301 running version of winbindd. This signal also clears any cached
302 user and group information. The list of other domains trusted by
303 winbindd is also reloaded.
304 Instead of sending a SIGHUP signal, a request to reload
306 configuration file may be sent using smbcontrol(1) program.
307 SIGUSR2
309 The SIGUSR2 signal will cause winbindd to write status information
310 to the winbind log file.
311 Log files are stored in the filename specified by the log file
313 parameter.
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316 /etc/nsswitch.conf(5)
317 Name service switch configuration file.
318 /run/samba/winbindd/pipe
320 The UNIX pipe over which clients communicate with the winbindd
321 program. For security reasons, the winbind client will only attempt
322 to connect to the winbindd daemon if both the /run/samba/winbindd
323 directory and /run/samba/winbindd/pipe file are owned by root.
324 winbindd socket directory overrides this default.
326 $STATEDIR/winbindd_privileged/pipe
328 The UNIX pipe over which 'privileged' clients communicate with the
329 winbindd program. For security reasons, access to some winbindd
330 functions - like those needed by the ntlm_auth utility - is
331 restricted. By default, only users in the 'root' group will get
332 this access, however the administrator may change the group
333 permissions on $STATEDIR/winbindd_privileged to allow programs like
334 'squid' to use ntlm_auth. Note that the winbind client will only
335 attempt to connect to the winbindd daemon if both the
336 $STATEDIR/winbindd_privileged directory and
337 $STATEDIR/winbindd_privileged/pipe file are owned by root.
338 state dir controls what $STATEDIR refers to.
340 /lib/libnss_winbind.so.X
342 Implementation of name service switch library.
343 $STATEDIR/winbindd_idmap.tdb
345 Storage for the Windows NT rid to UNIX user/group id mapping. The
346 directory is specified when Samba is initially compiled using the
347 --with-statedir option or state dir. The default directory in this
348 installation is /var/lib/samba.
349 $LOCKDIR/winbindd_cache.tdb
351 Storage for cached user and group information.
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354 This man page is part of version 4.18.9 of the Samba suite.
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357 nsswitch.conf(5), samba(7), wbinfo(1), ntlm_auth(8), smb.conf(5),
358 pam_winbind(8)
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361 The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
362 Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open
363 Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.
364 wbinfo and winbindd were written by Tim Potter.
366 The conversion to DocBook for Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The
368 conversion to DocBook XML 4.2 for Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander
369 Bokovoy.
370Samba 4.18.9 11/30/2023 WINBINDD(8)