Group mapping
Greg Dickie
greg at discreet.com
Wed May 23 13:22:27 GMT 2001
Personally I can't roll out samba until you guys implement the little paper
clip thingy and viruses. I need this in 2.2.1.
;-)
Greg
PS: 2.2 rocks.
On 23-May-01 Gerald Carter wrote:
> On Tue, 22 May 2001 02:56:36 beers wrote:
>> >
>> > Has the task of implementing group mapping been
>> > organized or assigned to anyone? It seems to be a
>> > highly requested feature, and IMO should make
>> > 2.2.2. I would love to help in any way I can. Is
>> > there an existing strategy for implementation?
>>
>> Can I second this strongly. Why was it taken out? It
>> seemed there in older PDC versions of Samba? Needless to
>> say this is crucial for most NT admins willing to switch,
>> such as me.
>>
>> I basically need this:
> ...
>
> ok. I'm getting just a little irritated at these
> types of posts. The fact is that the older version was
> broken. It was a first implementation that had scalability
> problems. (This is not the first time I have responded to this
> question).
>
> We **know** it is an important piece. Please understand
> that for the past few weeks I have been reading posts like
>
> "Windows XP Beta2 doesn't log into a Samba domain.
> Can we fix this now?"
>
> and the day that Win2ksp2 came out "Win2kSP2 breaks a
> Samba PDC. This is crucial and has to be supported in
> 2.2.1"
>
> ....and more and more and more...
>
> And now someone else is louding proclaming that we have
> another crucial feature and that we should drop all work
> to fix it.
>
> **Please** read the archives before you ask about a feature
> or bug. We are trying to be as responsive as possible
> and still have a life. :-)
>
> And remember..."good code speaks louder than words". If
> someone simply repeats a request for a feature that
> we have already acknowledged is important, then please
> don't make us repeat the same response.
>
> ok. I've venting a little bit now. Please understand
> that this is not a flame. I'm just tired of answering
> the same questions over and over when the mailing list
> is archived.
>
>
>
>
>
> Cheers, jerry
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