LDAP status

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Jeremy Allison wrote:

> Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > 
> > please remember not to tie it down to the unix password database, thanks!
> > 
> 
> On the contrary, until we have the capabilities of abstracting
> users out completetly (so that an ordinary 'ls' sees the correct
> user names/uid_t's  that Samba is using) it is *imperative* that
> it be tied to the unix password database.

yes, absolutely, but not by adding "unix-checking" code into ldap.c,
nispass.c, smbpass.c etc, but by adding "unix-checking" code into
passdb.c.
 
> Otherwise, who owns that file Samba just created ?
> 
> An unknown uid ? I think not !

this was not what i was proposing.