Wrong usage of lp_idmap_backend() value?

Jeremy Allison jra at samba.org
Fri Jul 4 07:28:08 GMT 2003


On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 09:22:14AM +0200, Volker Lendecke wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 06:12:07PM +0000, Jeremy Allison wrote:
> > > idmap backend = winbind:ldap:ldaps://ldapserver.domain
> > > (means smbd used winbind as remote backend
> > > and winbind uses ldap as remote backend
> > > so smbd uses winbind as proxy for the ldap remote idmap backend)
> 
> I don't see a point in having the passdb backend and idmap backend parameters
> be different. Why not merge them to one? If you have a LDAP passdb backend, you
> also use it for idmap. If you have a smbpasswd or tdb passdb backend, you only
> use the local stuff.

Please fix your quoting. I didn't write the above (I think it's silly :-).

Jerry and I have been discussing the idmap mess further... watch this space.

Jeremy.



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