[CentOS] Centos+AD integration (uid/gid problems)

Tue Mar 29 17:25:06 UTC 2011
nux at li.nux.ro <nux at li.nux.ro>

Ray Van Dolson writes:

> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 06:07:46PM +0100, nux at li.nux.ro wrote:
> You might try taking a look at idmap_ad(8) (and the other idmap_* man
> pages as well).
> 
> I'm not sure which idmap backend gets used by default (RID?).  I did
> think idmap_rid would result in consistent UID/GID mappings based on
> the SID assuming you choose the same ranges on each server...
> 
> Ray

Ray,

Thanks for the tip. I will have a look in this whole idmap thing.
AFAIK the IDs are assigned by winbind from a rather generous range, but I 
think it's the same range on every machine.