password API needed

[Frode Stenstrøm]

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
that has been posted to comp.protocols.smb as well.

Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl at switchboard.net> writes:

>this post goes to multiple samba lists and to comp.protocols.smb.
>
>NIS+.
>
>can anyone remember who offered, or does anyone want, to add NIS+ password
>database support to samba?  there is a new password api (passdb.c) to
>which we wish to add some of the more powerful and secure databases
>currently available: LDAP, NetInfo, NIS+ etc.
>
>luke (samba team)


NIS+ support would be an EXTREMELY valuable feature. We use Samba 
and NIS+, but lack password sync features. We were planning
on writing code to do the password sync things ourselves, once
Samba can function as a PDC. But if this api could support
NIS+, then a lot of work would be saved!!!

Go for it!!

   - FrodeS -
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