refactoring idmap code in smbd

[Simo Sorce]

On Wed, 2003-07-09 at 19:26, Jeremy Allison wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 07:21:01PM +0200, Simo Sorce wrote:
> > IMHO this is *not* the right way to do that.
> 
> You are incorrect. You had your chance to code your design
> and it didn't work. The new design mainly consists of
> removing code from smbd. This is a clear sign that we have it right.

no my bad is that I had no time to finish my work, and I should never
put it in.

The design is clear, but will block further development imho.

> > The winbindd_passdb, thing was the right way to do so, but I'll shut up
> > now.
> 
> Explain why winbindd needs to store 'logon hours' etc. information.
> How is this useful to POSIX callers ? How would they get to it ?

who said it will need logon hours?
It was meant to unify completely user management and avoid information
duplication.

Simo.

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