[PATCH] New external idmap module

Gerald (Jerry) Carter jerry at samba.org
Wed May 31 10:49:14 GMT 2006


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Volker Lendecke wrote:

> What I fail to see in this whole thread is the reason why an
> existing mapping needs to be changed. You need to change the
> ownership of all files as well as all ACL entries in the
> file system if you change an existing mapping. You could
> play very nasty tricks remotely using remote set_secdesc on
> files but this is putting the box into maintenance mode for
> a while. The much easier way to do this is to remove the
> cache completely and restart the box.
> 
> What scenarios do you have in mind that require changing
> mappings?

On this point I will concede to Volker.  We need some specific
examples of why this support would be appropriate in order to
continue the discussion I think.



ciao, jerry
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