dce/rpc "client" api

[Cole, Timothy D.]

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jeremy Allison [SMTP:jeremy at valinux.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, August 24, 2000 14:45
> To:	Cole, Timothy D.
> Cc:	'Gerald Carter'; 'samba-technical at samba.org'; 'lkcl at samba.org'
> Subject:	Re: dce/rpc "client" api
> 
> "Cole, Timothy D." wrote:
> > 
> >         Can everything that uses DCE/RPC over SMB be made to use DCE/RPC
> > over TCP instead?
> 
> Yes - just specify a different transport endpoint.
> 
> > > Very few apps use DCE - ask yourself why ?
> > >
> >         I would expect a _lot_ of NT apps that require that sort of
> thing
> > use MSRPC...
> 
> I meant UNIX apps. Anything that uses MS-RPC uses DCE under
> the covers.
> 
	I meant Unix software written to interact with existing NT apps that
used MSRPC.

> >         Since you put it this way, _if_ this happened in the future,
> > wouldn't it be better (at that point) to break out the common
> functionality
> > in a separate library/service that both Samba and the other software
> use?
> 
> Yes - at that point (when there are two major projects
> depending on it) it would make a lot of sense to do the
> work to split out the functionality.
> 
> But we're not there yet, and to quote Blofeld in "Diamonds
> are Forever", "Mr. Bond, it's late, I'm tired and there's
> so much left to do....".
> 
	Okay.  I think this thread can die a long-deserved death now. :)