l�r, 21.05.2005 kl. 14.46 skrev Andrew Bartlett: > > > if anyone knows. Will I have the option to use OpenLDAP > > > still for all the new features so as to be able to use current apps that > > > use OpenLDAP already? If anyone has info regarding this, it would be > > > appreciated. > > > > As far as I'm concerned, if Samba suddenly stops working with the > > site-wide LDAP database that I already use for umpteen other site-wide > > services, then Samba rots out, not the other services (pam Unix and gdm > > authentication and login, e-mail, printer quota, etc.) > > Discussion about the design of Samba4 is welcome over on the samba- > technical list.
I'll subscribe and take a look. > Samba4 is taking on a very different tack from previous > versions, particularly from a database schema perspective (needing to be > able to express an generalised LDAP server holding an AD-compatible > schema as one interface). > > My hope is that ideas of schema mapping, and meta directory technologies > will be placed behind the 'ldb' pluggable interaface (which currently > supports both local db and ldap backends). > > But I strongly suspect that existing Samba 3.0 LDAP sites will find a > migration to an initial Samba4 release quite difficult. It would be good to know in what way ... > We will provide > migration tools, but if you (rightly) don't want to turn your LDAP > directory upside down, it will be hard. I wonder in what way ... > That's why I'm talking about > schema mapping and metadirectories, we need the directory to look > different to different clients. Thanks for taking the time. --Tonni -- Nothing sucksseeds like a pigeon without a beak ... mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.billy.demon.nl They'll love us, won't they? They feed us, don't they? ... -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
