NetServerEnum2 and looking for dc

[Rafal Szczesniak]

On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Jim McDonough wrote:

> Rafal Szczesniak wrote:
> >While working on trusted domains, I've noticed that cli_get_pdc_name
> >function (libsmb/clirap2.c) using NetServerEnum2 call looks only for
> >Primary Domain Controller and not for Backup Domain Controller.
> >
> >Is it on purpose or just forgotten ?
> Well, ahem, umm, well, uhhh....
> 
> This is a function that never gets called...er...ummm

Now it gets once :)

> The best explanation I can give is: it was for some other work we were
> doing, didn't finish, but I don't quite remember what it was anymore.
> 
> That aside, since it's "cli_get_pdc_name", I'd say it was intentionally
> only looking for a PDC.  If you'd like to modify it to look for PDCs and
> BDCs,  have fun!  Otherwise we should probably remove it.

No, if Samba is supposed to behave exactly like WinNT Server when
establishing trust, then it should stay. cli_get_pdc_name is used already
once and, as I see, for the first time :-)

Anyway, I'll modify it to look for BDCs also.


cheers,
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