svn commit: samba r13065 - in trunk/source: . lib libsmb utils

[Jeremy Allison]

On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 10:29:44AM +0000, vlendec at samba.org wrote:
> Author: vlendec
> Date: 2006-01-22 10:29:42 +0000 (Sun, 22 Jan 2006)
> New Revision: 13065
> 
> WebSVN: http://websvn.samba.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi?view=rev&root=samba&rev=13065
> 
> Log:
> Implement 'net rpc shell', a command line shell with tab-completion to (so
> far) a subset of the net rpc functionality. I know this duplicates what
> rpcclient does, but as I see it rpcclient is not the tool we want to recommend
> as a pdbedit replacement. My plan is to implement enough of 'net rpc sh user'
> and 'net rpc sh group' that 'net sam' can go away again.
> 
> I'd like to make this useable enough so that it becomes a really good way to
> edit our user database. Good enough that *we* (the Samba developers) actually
> use it and don't go into the LDAP db directly...
> 
> Comments?

Hmmm. Your ideas interest me and I wish to subscribe to your
newsletter.....

(Obligatory Simpsons reference :-).

Looks like a good idea to me. rpcclient was always a 'test'
tool with delusions of grandour :-). I'll be glad to replace
it with a documented and supported alternative.

Jeremy.