# Active Directory integration methods - Samba Winbind?
**URL:** https://community.thinlinc.com/t/active-directory-integration-methods-samba-winbind/2014
**Category:** Community Support
**Tags:** linux, thinlinc
**Created:** [2 June 2026 08:12 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/active-directory-integration-methods-samba-winbind/2014 "2026-06-02T08:12:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Harj](https://community.thinlinc.com/u/Harj)
#### Post date: [2 June 2026 08:12 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/active-directory-integration-methods-samba-winbind/2014/1 "2026-06-02T08:12:24Z")
Is “Samba Winbind” with Thinlinc a supported method to join the Linux VDA to Active directory or is it only SSSD?
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### Author:  [@aaron](https://community.thinlinc.com/u/aaron)
#### Post date: [2 June 2026 19:21 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/active-directory-integration-methods-samba-winbind/2014/2 "2026-06-02T19:21:28Z")
Hi,
ThinLinc uses PAM for authentication, so your PAM stack will determine the authentication mechanism used. This should work fine with both winbind and SSSD, however SSSD is much more common these days for authentication against Active Directory.
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### Author:  [@Harj](https://community.thinlinc.com/u/Harj)
#### Post date: [2 June 2026 22:21 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/active-directory-integration-methods-samba-winbind/2014/3 "2026-06-02T22:21:24Z")
Hi Aaron
Thanks for the clarification and good to know that it can use winbind or SSSD or anything else. I’ve only used and configured Winbind when setting up Citrix RHEL VDA’s with AD. I’ll try it winbind and then SSSD.
Thanks
Harj
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### Author:  [@Harj](https://community.thinlinc.com/u/Harj)
#### Post date: [29 June 2026 00:01 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/active-directory-integration-methods-samba-winbind/2014/4 "2026-06-29T00:01:46Z")
Wee update .. AD integration is working just fine using Samba winbind.
Need to work out how to get AD user groups to work.