post 3.0 idmap+winbindd_passdb requirements [was Re: refactoring idmap code in smbd]

[Simo Sorce]

A very BIG THANK YOU Jerry :-D

On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 21:33, Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:
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> Here's are the conditions under which I would accept 
> idmap+winbindd_passdb (a.k.a. the sam) in the post 3.0 
> codebase:
> 
>   1)  The sam is presented as a complete working package.  
>       Not half done components.
> 
>   2)  It must co-exist with the current implementation
>       of winbindd_acct.  Selecting the idmap+winbindd_passdb
>       code should be done by setting 'enable sam = yes' in 
>       smb.conf.  Default is disabled initially.  
> 
>   3)  no idmap lookups in smbd initially.  Still go through 
>       winbindd.  This means that the current sid_to_uid() 
>       would become
> 
>       if ( !winbind_sid_to_uid() ) {
>          if ( !lp_enable_sam() && local_sid_to_uid() )
> 	   return success;
> 
>          return failure;
>       }
> 
>       I don't want to hear artifical arguments about performance
>       without a complete, working solution to evaluate.  
>       Correctness first. Performance later.
> 
>   4)  winbindd_passdb can be no more disruptive to winbindd than
>       msrpc_methods or ads_methods.
> 
> 
> To relieve patch pressure on this, we'll plan to get HEAD back 
> in shape and sync'd up with 3.0 very soon.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> cheers, jerry
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