Single Sign-On futures.
- In Samba 2.2.x, DCE RPC calls are used to get the user and group info.
- In Samba 3.0.x, an ADS, kerberized LDAP backend is used (no downlevel calls needed).
- LDAP backend query allows several bug fixes (correct assignment of primary group) and is more efficient than the RPC method.
- winbindd is already shipping in production appliances from major vendors (your next NAS box may include it :-).
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