How can I configure winbind to synchronize user and group id's across multiple Red Hat Enterprise Linux hosts on Active Directory accounts?

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This article describes using the winbind idmap_rid mechanism to deliver a consistent mapping of Windows SIDs to UNIX user and group ids across multiple Red Hat Enterprise Linux hosts . It applies to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5 and 6.

Using ldap for the idmap backend achieves a similar goal as explained in this kbase article: How do I set up ...

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