idmapwb.so(8)

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version 7.9 · 9 versions
, in fedora 44, nixos 26.05

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, meet idmapwb.so — it's the winbind ID mapping plugin for cifs-utils. 💖

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So here's the tea: this plugin lets all the lil utilities inside cifs-utils hang out and work in conjuction with the winbind facility of the Samba suite. (Yes, "conjuction" — that's literally what the page says, we don't gatekeep spelling around here. 🙈) It handles several functions, including mapping UID and GID to SIDs and vice versa. It's giving translator energy, fr fr. 💅

Utilities are usually configured to use the correct plugin by creating a symlink at /etc/cifs-utils/idmap-plugin that points to the correct plugin that you wish to use. So it's like a lil bestie chain — the symlink points to whichever plugin you want, and that's the one that gets used. 🌸

🫶 Heads up: this plugin requires that winbindd(8) be properly configured and running. No winbindd, no vibes. That's the whole deal, no cap.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Go read these too, iykyk:

👑 AUTHOR 👑

idmapwb.so was written by Jeff Layton <jlayton@samba.org> — an absolute icon, we stan. ⭐

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀 this one lives in the System Manager's Manual, section 8, filed under idmapwb.so(8). no date on this one, so that's all the metadata we got — go forth and map those IDs. 💜🦋🍓

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