How To Install libnss-winbind on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnss-winbind on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libnss-winbind
libnss-winbind is:
Samba is an implementation of the SMB/CIFS protocol for Unix systems, providing support for cross-platform file and printer sharing with Microsoft Windows, OS X, and other Unix systems. Samba can also function as an NT4-style domain controller, and can integrate with both NT4 domains and Active Directory realms as a member server.
This package provides nss_winbind, a plugin that integrates with a local winbindd server to provide user/group name lookups to the system; and nss_wins, which provides hostname lookups via both the NBNS and NetBIOS broadcast protocols. Task: samba-server
Package: libnss-winbind Architecture: amd64 Version: 2:4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu1.8 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: net Source: samba Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Samba Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 184 Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.6~) Depends: samba-common (= 2:4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu1.8), winbind:any (= 2:4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu1.8), libbsd0 (>= 0.0), libc6 (>= 2.14), libwbclient0 (= 2:4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu1.8) Suggests: libpam-winbind Filename: pool/main/s/samba/libnss-winbind_4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu1.8_amd64.deb Size: 13692 MD5sum: ebf69ef3daa91b8ad89378262c695eb9 SHA1: fce49f6e1a5e6f2d01a4bae4624f753fb686aca3 SHA256: c2012e55b71cb60aa3472e26fe343b1da9ff397d24745de2ff5883efed9b718b SHA512: 4da13696aafb45bd6106d4843543fd17a815b8530e2bd6e1eca2347dc9e6bb678fb42195bf1a2073f98417c7584cc76238215c27cbb334e1df2e9e2d035c6d3e Homepage: http://www.samba.org Description-en: Samba nameservice integration plugins Samba is an implementation of the SMB/CIFS protocol for Unix systems, providing support for cross-platform file and printer sharing with Microsoft Windows, OS X, and other Unix systems. Samba can also function as an NT4-style domain controller, and can integrate with both NT4 domains and Active Directory realms as a member server.
This package provides nss_winbind, a plugin that integrates with a local winbindd server to provide user/group name lookups to the system; and nss_wins, which provides hostname lookups via both the NBNS and NetBIOS broadcast protocols. Task: samba-server
Package: libnss-winbind Architecture: amd64 Version: 2:4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: net Source: samba Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Samba Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 182 Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.6~) Depends: samba-common (= 2:4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu1), winbind:any (= 2:4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu1), libbsd0 (>= 0.0), libc6 (>= 2.14), libwbclient0 (= 2:4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu1) Suggests: libpam-winbind Filename: pool/main/s/samba/libnss-winbind_4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 13704 MD5sum: 543c9fb4fd3cdaabb6b52e5e8bc450c3 SHA1: efa2e2003056ae822fe184b396f904aeef12deea SHA256: 2e39b3b47637682500d59311012bcc068ff263bf77f863ef01c0f4328eaa24ec Homepage: http://www.samba.org Description-en: Samba nameservice integration plugins Samba is an implementation of the SMB/CIFS protocol for Unix systems, providing support for cross-platform file and printer sharing with Microsoft Windows, OS X, and other Unix systems. Samba can also function as an NT4-style domain controller, and can integrate with both NT4 domains and Active Directory realms as a member server.
This package provides nss_winbind, a plugin that integrates with a local winbindd server to provide user/group name lookups to the system; and nss_wins, which provides hostname lookups via both the NBNS and NetBIOS broadcast protocols. Task: samba-server
There are three methods to install libnss-winbind on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libnss-winbind Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnss-winbind using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnss-winbind
Install libnss-winbind Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnss-winbind using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnss-winbind
Install libnss-winbind Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libnss-winbind using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnss-winbind
How To Uninstall libnss-winbind on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libnss-winbind package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnss-winbind
Uninstall libnss-winbind And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnss-winbind and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnss-winbind
Remove libnss-winbind Configurations and Data
To remove libnss-winbind configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnss-winbind
Remove libnss-winbind configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnss-winbind configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnss-winbind
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnss-winbind package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
