From: David Disseldorp Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 11:49:42 +0000 (+0100) Subject: doc: describe samlogon cache caveat for winbindd -n X-Git-Url: http://git.samba.org/?p=metze%2Fsamba%2Fwip.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=c70ffacf9406aa0c5aa417046aaa8f9c319fc8c2 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 Reviewed-by: Andreas Schneider --- diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages/winbindd.8.xml b/docs-xml/manpages/winbindd.8.xml index acde02228994..e2246204736c 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.