Tim Potter wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 01:47:38PM +0200, Martin Wilck wrote: > > > To initiate this process we'd "only" need a standardized protocol for > > the socket communication. Andrew said that doesn't exist and won't with > > regard to winbind. I'd like to focus the discussion in this direction. > > > > - is the winbind team willing to standardize the protocol, or at least > > ensure backward compatibility in future versions? > > There is a LGPL client library (well library is probably doing it more > justice than it deserves) called wb_client.c which is used in the > NSS modules that talk to winbindd. I would think that would be a > preferable way of talking to winbindd rather then rewriting code > to talk the winbindd protocol.
The problem is that we don't ship it as a shared lib, and it still expects the client program to fill in the winbind struct. This is the problem, becouse that struct changes shape regularly. > > - is the winbind team willing to add more RPC calls to the interface? > > Not unless they are related to authentication or user/group enumeration. Agreed. (However I am thinking of moving nss_wins in there soon too, to match the IRIX code). Andrew Bartlett -- Andrew Bartlett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Manager, Authentication Subsystems, Samba Team [EMAIL PROTECTED] Student Network Administrator, Hawker College [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://samba.org http://build.samba.org http://hawkerc.net