Configure winbind to expand groups (Linux)

If your installation of IXIA TEXTML Server on a Linux machine uses winbind, then you must configure winbind to allow TEXTML Server to expand its nested groups when authenticating users.

About this task

You can configure winbind as a client-side service to resolve user and group information on a Windows server. Since TEXTML Server is optimized to authenticate expanded groups, it may fail to authenticate users if you don't configure winbind for expanded groups.

To configure winbind to expand groups:

Procedure

Open the /etc/samba/smb.conf file with an editor.

Add the two following lines:

winbind expand groups = 1
winbind nested groups = yes

Save and close the file.
Depending on your version of Linux, use one of the following commands to restart the winbind service:
```
systemctl restart winbind
```
-or-
```
/sbin/service winbind restart
```

Results

The changes are applied once the service restarts.