svn commit: samba r11914 - branches/SAMBA_3_0/source/passdb trunk/source/passdb

[John H Terpstra]

On Monday 28 November 2005 13:08, Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:
> Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> | On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 10:28 -0600, Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:
> |> Volker, I'm sorry but I don't agree with the default
> |> setting.  I'm fine with the parameter but things like
> |> "profile path = \\server\profile\%U\%a" works too well.
> |>
> |> And also this *will* break more installations than
> |> it will fix.
> |
> | This is still supported (the smb.conf option).  The issue is
> | when the %U is placed into the tdb or ldap backing store,
> | because there it could mean a client or server-side variable.
> |
> | (In the smb.conf, we already have the %% escape as a standard
> | way of dealing with the problem).
>
> I understand what the problem is and I understand the
> work arounds.  I agree that we need a better solution but
> disabling variable expansiobn will break existing installations.
> This change will not go into 3.0.21.
>
> We can continue discussing it and figure out the best way
> but until we get consensus (or at least resignation),
> I can let this into the release code.  My inbox wouldn't
> take it.

Oops! Did you perhaps mean "can't let this into the release code"?

- John T.