password API needed

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

programs exist that generate smb.conf files.  e.g swat, smbedit...

On Tue, 12 May 1998, jan van rensburg wrote:

> well,
> can't we start working on a different configuration mechanism. maybe a
> menu-driven interface or something, at least something a little more modular
> and a little less linear than a plain text file? it can even be extended it
> to an optional x interface.
> -jan
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: samba-ntdom at samba.anu.edu.au
> > [mailto:samba-ntdom at samba.anu.edu.au]On Behalf Of Luke Kenneth Casson
> > Leighton
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 4:58 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject: Re: password API needed
> >
> >
> > hi samba-ntdom subscribers,
> >
> > after all the wonderful discussions we've had on this list, i was
> > wondering if people could comment on this thread (some of which is going
> > on on samba-technical).
> >
> > questions like: do you think it's a good or a bad idea to add more
> > NT-SAM-like parameters to smb.conf, like "kickoff time" and "domain
> > workstations", bearing in mind that these may have to go down to the
> > granularity of a per-group or per-user basis?
> >
> > jeremy's vote is no, my vote is "fuzzy-logic-yes".  jean-francoi's vote is
> > "if it's a configuration nightmare, absolutely not, and creating hundreds
> > of smb.conf.%U files is a definite nightmare".
> >
> > luke
> >
> >
> 
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