Where to for Samba4?

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> >  > One particular thought I've had suggested is to try using OpenLDAP to
> >  > handle schema validati
> on and subtree renames (by always using an
> >  > OpenLDAP hdb backend).
> > I think the default backend should still be the native ldb backend
> > (the tdb one). I think that Samba is too hard to use, and that
> > requiring a working OpenLDAP setup just makes it harder. I'd really
> > like Samba4 to make Samba easier.
> Well, what I am proposing is not to require a working OpenLDAP setup,
> but just a working OpenLDAP install.  The rest has already been
> scripted, and would be largely invisible to the user. 

Yes;  especially with OL2.4 (or to an extent, late 2.3.x) a service
should be able to configure an OpenLDAP backend for itself very reliably
since almost all configuration of OpenLDAP can be done via LDAP,
including loading schema.