From 4d9c0230f21802a6847d6995614d0f8ef51e2c63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Disseldorp Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 12:49:42 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] doc: describe samlogon cache caveat for winbindd -n The samlogon cache is never bypassed, even when winbindd is run with the -n argument. See https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9125 --- docs-xml/manpages/winbindd.8.xml | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages/winbindd.8.xml b/docs-xml/manpages/winbindd.8.xml index acde022..e224620 100644 --- a/docs-xml/manpages/winbindd.8.xml +++ b/docs-xml/manpages/winbindd.8.xml @@ -183,12 +183,14 @@ hosts: files wins -n - Disable caching. This means winbindd will - always have to wait for a response from the domain controller + Disable some caching. This means winbindd will + often have to wait for a response from the domain controller before it can respond to a client and this thus makes things slower. The results will however be more accurate, since results from the cache might not be up-to-date. This might also temporarily hang winbindd if the DC doesn't respond. + This does not disable the samlogon cache, which is required for + group membership tracking in trusted environments. -- 1.7.10.4