Spiderboy wrote: > > many of the postings here regard desktop programs in mandrake linux. i > understand, that this is important to mandrake. but wouldn't it be nice to > play an important role in the server market? this is not the only issue when > using ldap with mandrake (see my other postings on this list). i hope, > mandrake will fix these bugs as soon as possible.
nss_ldap is actually also very important for desktop use, specifically desktop use in a corporate environment. > these problems were not difficult to find (why did nobody at mandrake test > this? Mandrake development is open, you could have tested it, and it would have been found earlier. It's pretty obvious that Mandrakesoft can't employ enough people to test everything, that's what cooker and the beta releases are for. Bugs are theirs, but only if they know about them. > i think the beta tests are no good for such features because most of > the freaks out there only test their video players etc.) You obviously haven't been on the cooker list for very long. > > ldap is important when trying to replace windows servers with linux/samba and > manage user accounts. try to improve quality please... Problems can only be fixed if they are known. I use various versions of Mandrake on a network where we use nss_ldap on all machines, and I haven't seen it, since I usually don't have a seperate /usr. And, I think you will find that even with this problem, Mandrake linux is the best choice for this kind of application. We might not (currently) ship with LDAP-enabled samba RPMS, but you can always get RPMS built for recent versions of Mandrake (with and without LDAP support) from ftp.samba.org and a few other places. And we have integration of the smbldap-tools with working examples in the smb.conf. (of course, feedback on all the features in the samba RPMs would be nice ...) Why were these features added? Because someone wanted them. samba-2.2.6 RPMS for 8.0,8.1,8.2 and 9.0 will be available at http://ranger.dnsalias.com/mandrake/samba/, and will go on to ftp.samba.org later today hopefully. (RPMs built with default options for 8.0,8.1 and 9.0 are up already, ldap-enabled for 9.0 are building, ldap/winbind/acl/wins for 8.1 are building, ldap/winbind/wins for 8.0 will start shortly, and I need to find an 8.2 box to build on ...) Thanks for the bug report. Vince, will you take a look at this? Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
