From 489fb404ddc66e8f6fdfafc6436c4a7164c86197 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andreas Schneider Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 20:29:59 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs-xml: Improve documentation for 'winbind reconnect delay' Signed-off-by: Andreas Schneider Reviewed-by: Martin Schwenke Autobuild-User(master): Andreas Schneider Autobuild-Date(master): Wed Apr 29 09:32:21 UTC 2026 on atb-devel-224 --- .../smbdotconf/winbind/winbindreconnectdelay.xml | 15 +++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/winbind/winbindreconnectdelay.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/winbind/winbindreconnectdelay.xml index f26fd5efd46..22cfc09d7ff 100644 --- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/winbind/winbindreconnectdelay.xml +++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/winbind/winbindreconnectdelay.xml @@ -3,11 +3,18 @@ type="integer" xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> - This parameter specifies the number of - seconds the winbindd + This parameter specifies the number of seconds the + winbindd 8 daemon will wait between - attempts to contact a Domain controller for a domain that is - determined to be down or not contactable. + attempts to ping Domain Controllers for domains that have been + marked offline. When a domain is offline, winbindd will periodically + attempt to contact Domain Controllers to check if they have become + available again. + + Before attempting to reconnect, winbindd flushes the negative + connection cache for the domain. The negative connection cache stores + Domain Controllers that have previously been unresponsive, to avoid + repeatedly trying to contact them. 30 -- 2.47.3