-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Gunther Schlegel wrote: > Gerald, > >> We are discussing removing the capability to chaining passdb >> backends. It's a decent idea but overly complicates things >> IMO and unless it has wide spread use, we'll probably axe it >> soon (voting is starting up on the samba-tecnnical ml now). > > At least I use it: > > passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://someserver.riege.de, tdbsam , guest > > On the other hand as far as I remember it put tdbsam in > it because I just wanted to separate root from the ldap > tree, as otherwise I would have a global root account on way > too much servers. > > Though I suppose this is not necessary anymore with the new role > capabilities in samba 3.0.20? ( I still use 3.0.10/14 ). > > So I guess I do nt need this anymore after an upgrade.
Yeah. The current recommendation post 3.0.11 is to use the privileges rather than a root account. So I think it is still acceptable to remove the chaining feature. cheers, jerry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFD7LSDIR7qMdg1EfYRAv4KAJ96e0cvvrQxS9Pnp06wqfNwjsxgvwCgozb9 l5Tbj80ZTXzD4h62sbzkkI0= =KXvY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
