[Samba] Enhancement of wbinfo in samba2.2.6pre2

[Nir Soffer]

> Nir Soffer wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > > Patrik Gustavsson PS Sweden Senior Technical Consultant wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Most of the samba-commands takes a option for smb.conf file
> > > > exept for wbinfo.
> > > > It should be nice to have that functionallity in wbinfo also.
> > >
> > > Actually, we should work to remove the need for wbinfo to 
> use smb.conf
> > > at all.
> > >
> > > Why do you need this?
> > 
> > I don't know why the first poster needed it, but I know I 
> need such an
> > option (and writing a patch for it is on my todo list, 
> really, it is!),
> > because my smb.conf is in nonstandard locations.

[snip]

> > So I understand wbinfo wants the workgroup and the 
> seperator, and the
> > client code page. Where can I get it besides smb.conf, as a 
> commandline
> > paramater?
> 
> From winbindd.  If winbind is operating correctly, then it should not
> consult the smb.conf, except for the -A option.  The only issue reason
> these are in at all is due to some circular dependencies, and the need
> to put some authenticaion over the winbind pipe (so the
> username/password -A can be set by winbindd, but only by a 
> root client).

Sorry, I'm not following, bear with me for a minute?

winbindd can tell me what the seperator is and what the workgroup is
with a simple request? I see this line:
        { WINBINDD_DOMAIN_NAME, winbindd_domain_name, "DOMAIN_NAME" },

in winbindd.c , so that presumably is the entry point for asking what
domain it's bound to, and the seperator is apparently returned with:

        { WINBINDD_INFO, winbindd_info, "INFO" }, , perhaps?


So if winbindd is running correctly, what circular dependencies are
there?  

Also - what piece of information does wbinfo need for -A? I didn't find
anything it did with an lp_* function in that context.

> That's why all the lp_*() users have HACK written above them...

That I gathered :)

Nir.

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