The software described in this documentation is either in Extended Support or Sustaining Support. See https://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/enterprise-linux-support-policies-069172.pdf for more information.
Oracle recommends that you upgrade the software described by this documentation as soon as possible.
Winbind is a client-side service that resolves user and group
information on a Windows server, and allows Oracle Linux to
understand Windows users and groups. To be able to configure
Winbind authentication, use yum to install the
samba-winbind
package. This package includes
the winbindd
daemon that implements the
winbind
service.