svn commit: samba r12695 - in branches/SAMBA_4_0/source/scripting/libjs: .

[Andrew Bartlett]

On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 23:46 +0100, Jelmer Vernooij wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 09:42:28AM +1100, Andrew Bartlett wrote about 'Re: svn commit: samba r12695 - in branches/SAMBA_4_0/source/scripting/libjs: .':
> > On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 17:22 +0000, jelmer at samba.org wrote:
> > I still don't think we should allow a dot here.  It may be allowed by
> > crh's rules, but I think we are just asking for pain in Samba4 if we
> > allow it.
> 
> > Does windows allow such a name in 'system -> computer name'?
> Samba 3 allows it so it is necessary in some cases to have, in order
> to have a clean upgrade path.

There are many 'features' of Samba3 that Samba4 will simply be unable to
support.  Consider what DNS name would be formed by this?  

We need a robust 'bail out and ask the admin to amend' procedure in the
upgrade code.  When we know this is highly likely to cause problems, we
shouldn't allow it.

Andrew Bartlett

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Andrew Bartlett                                http://samba.org/~abartlet/
Authentication Developer, Samba Team           http://samba.org
Student Network Administrator, Hawker College  http://hawkerc.net
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