Changes in Samba 2.0

[Gerald Carter]

David Collier-Brown wrote:
> 
>         In security=domain, the need for a Unix password
>         file is going to disappear (soon, not instantly)

Yes.  Jeremy's "appliance mode"
 
>         Is the magic [homes] share going to remain magic?
>         I'd assume so, but it's non-obvious what uid
>         is going to be invented for the unix user, and
>         I assume you'll need to put in an explicit
>         path =  /some/place/%u or the like into [homes].

I use this solution in labs where I don't actually use the real home
directory from the NIS maps.  Rather I use a local disk area such as
/export/home/%U



j-
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                            Gerald ( Jerry ) Carter	
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