another Newbie question ldab vs winbind

[Muhammad Yousuf Khan <sirtcp@gmail.com>]

i have heard people suggest using winbind ( i think it is a kerberos
base auth ) with samba and ldap with posfix. the question is why.
it seem more easier when i configure it for freeNAS and openfire XAMPP server.

My experience with samba and winbind was quite difficult however now
after configuring it countless times it seems a bit easier to me now
:P and both are quite stable too.


but the question is, what is the big difference. why we can not use
ldap auth for samba or why people do not recommend the stack of bath
and vice versa.

the besic idea behind using both is to use Active directory data base
(in my case only)  (i know ldap can be use for openldap blah blah) in
this particular case i mean with active directly integration why we do
not choose just one for every server base application , like
samba,squid,postfix, openfire,etc .

please correct me if you see any mistake with my understanding in both
tools. because my question could be the result of my misunderstanding
or lack of knowledge

Thanks